In this exercise, you will move assemblies from a tool catalog into a new drawing. Then, you will move a tool palette from Content Browser to the current tool palette group.
This exercise continues from Exercise 4: Installing a Tool Catalog.
Move an assembly from Content Browser to a drawing
- Click
New. - In the Select Template dialog box, select _AutoCAD Civil 3D (Imperial) NCS.dwt. Click Open.
- In the Autodesk Content Browser window, open the Residential Assemblies (Tutorial)50-ft ROW Assemblies tool palette.
- Hover the cursor over the
icon below the Proposed Road assembly image. Notice that the cursor changes to a
. - Click and hold the icon. Drag the cursor into the drawing widow and release the mouse button.
- In an empty area in the drawing window, click to place the assembly. Press Esc to exit subassembly placement mode.
- In the drawing window, select the baseline of the new assembly. Right-click. Click Assembly Properties.
- In the Assembly Properties dialog box, on the Construction tab, notice that the subassemblies that make up the assembly have retained the naming convention that was specified in the original assembly. Click Cancel.
Add a tool palette from Content Browser to the current tool palette group
- In the Autodesk Content Browser 2016 window, click
. - In the Catalog Library, click the Residential Assemblies (Tutorial) tool catalog.
- Hover the cursor over the icon next to the 50-ft ROW Assemblies tool palette.
Notice that the cursor changes to a
. - Click and hold the icon. Drag the cursor onto the tool palette, and then release the mouse button.
The 50-ft ROW Assemblies tool palette and its contents are displayed in the current tool palette group.