Tool sets can be created or customized to organize tools and tool groups on the Tool Sets palette.
Tool Sets are made up of tool groups that contain tools. A tool can be either a command or flyout (also known as a drop-down). Tool sets are accessed from the Tool Sets palette. Each tool group is a maximum of two tools wide and has two different display states: collapsed and expanded.
Position the cursor over a tool on the Tool Sets palette and click to use it. If the tool is a flyout (or drop-down), click and hold the button on the pointer device, and release over the tool you want to use.
Tools are not the only interactions that you will interact on the Tool Sets palette. When the cursor is positioned over a tool group, a disclosure triangle might appear that indicates the tool group can be expanded. Click the disclosure triangle to expand the panel to access additional tools. After a tool group is expanded, click the Lock icon to keep the tool group from collapsing.
Tool sets are created to organize tool groups on the Tool Sets palette. AutoCAD comes with different tool sets that are used to organize related tools in to categories such as drafting, annotation, and modeling. You create and manage tool sets on the Tool Sets tab of the Customize dialog box. After a tool set is created, you click the Tool Sets button near the top of the Tool Sets palette to set it current and use the commands and flyouts (drop-downs) assigned to it.
Tool sets are often made up of multiple tool groups which are used to organize commands and flyouts (drop-downs). Each tool group is divided into two different parts, commands that are displayed by default and those that are displayed when the tool group is expanded.
You insert a separator to divide a tool group into the two parts, by default a tool group is not divided. Tools above the separator are those displayed by default. When using the Tool Sets palette, click the disclosure triangle to expand a tool group so you can access the tools that are hidden by default. Click the Lock icon when the tool group is expanded to keep the tool group from collapsing.
The order tool groups are displayed on the Tool Sets palette are controlled by the Customize dialog box. Drag a tool set up or down on the Tool Sets tab to change the order it appears on the Tool Sets palette.
Flyouts (or drop-downs) are used to help reduce the amount of space that related commands take up. Commands on a flyout are displayed by pressing and holding the button to display a menu with all the commands assigned to the flyout. Release the button over a tool from the flyout to execute the associated macro.
Separators can be added to a flyout to help provide an additional level of organize. When a separator is added to a flyout, a solid horizontal line is created across the flyout when it is displayed. A separator can be added to a tool group, but it is used to control which commands and flyouts are displayed by default and those that are available only when the tool group is expanded.