To Create and Define an AEC Polygon Tool

1. Open the tool palette on which you want to create a tool.
2. Create the tool by doing any of the following:

   If you want to…	Then…
   create a tool from an AEC polygon in the drawing	select the AEC polygon and drag it to the tool palette.
   create a tool from an AEC polygon style in the Style Manager	click Manage tab Style & Display panel Style Manager . Locate the style you want to copy under Multi-Purpose Objects, and drag it to the tool palette.
   copy a tool in the current palette	right-click the tool and click Copy. Right-click on the palette and click Paste.
   copy a tool from another palette	open the other tool palette, right-click the tool, and click Copy. Reopen the palette where you want to add the tool, right-click, and click Paste.
   copy a tool from the Content Browser	open the tool catalog in the Content Browser, and locate the tool you want to copy. Position the cursor over the i-drop handle, and drag the tool to the tool palette.

3. Right-click the new tool, and click Properties.
4. In the Tool Properties dialog box, enter a name for the tool.
5. Click the Description box.
6. In the Description dialog box, enter a description of the tool, and click OK.

   This description is used as the tool’s tooltip on the tool palette, and to describe the tool if it is stored in a tool catalog.

7. Expand Basic General, specify the following:
   • description of the AEC polygon that you can create using this AEC polygon tool
   • Layer key and any layer key overrides, if you do not want to use the layer assignments specified in the layer key style used in the drawing
   • AEC polygon style
   • Style location or the drawing file containing the style used for this AEC polygon
8. Click OK.