To Create an Elevation Label Tool

Use this procedure to create an elevation label tool and add it to a tool palette. You may want to create your own elevation label tools if you are placing multiple elevation labels of a specific style and they all have the same properties.

Elevation labels consist of a multi-view block definition connected to a custom AEC command. Therefore, the process of creating an elevation label tool differs from the process of creating a regular object tool, like a door tool.

To create an elevation label tool, you need a multi-view block definition with a custom command that is placed in DesignCenter™. Predefined elevation labels are available in DesignCenter, so check to see if the desired elevation label is already there.

If you find no elevation label meeting your needs, create one. From AutoCAD DesignCenter, you create an elevation label tool.

1. Click Insert tabContent panelContent Browser drop-downDesign Center.
2. Navigate to the folder containing the elevation label from which you want to create a tool.
3. Open the tool palette on which you want to add the elevation label tool.
4. Create the tool:

   If you want to…	Then…
   create a tool from the AutoCAD DesignCenter	drag the desired elevation label from the AutoCAD DesignCenter to the tool palette.
   copy a tool in the current tool palette	right-click the tool, and click Copy. Right-click, and click Paste.
   copy a tool from another tool palette	right-click the tool, and click Copy. Reopen the tool palette where you want to add the tool, right-click, and click Paste.
   copy a tool from a tool catalog in the Content Browser	Click Home tabBuild panelTools drop-downContent Browser , open the catalog and locate the tool you want to copy. Position the cursor over the i-drop handle, and drag the tool to the tool palette.

5. Right-click the new tool, and click Properties.
6. Enter a name for the tool.
7. Click the setting for Description, enter a description of the tool, and click OK.