A long time customer called today and he wanted to create pulldown menus to insert a bunch of block details that the guys on the alarm side of the business use. I suggested he use tool palettes instead because they are much easier to 'program' and for his application they fit the bill perfectly.
To make your own tool palettes:
1. Press CTRL+3 to open the tool palette (if not already open)
2. Right click on the tool palette and pick New Palette. Give it a name you like, i.e. My Blocks
3. Now open up the Design Center using CTRL+2
4. Navigate to the folder where you have the blocks you want added to the palette
5. Select a block and drag it to your palette and let go
That's it! When you want to insert a block just drag it off the palette into your drawing or click on it.
Tomorrow I'll talk more about controlling the insertion of block from the palette and how to save the palettes and transfer them to another machine.
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