To Create Tools From Routing Preferences

You can transfer a pipe or conduit routing preference to the relevant tool palette. The new tool uses the name and other characteristics of the original routing preference.

1. Activate the Piping or Electrical workspace.
2. Open the desired Tool palette.
3. In the applicable domain, click Manage tab Style & Display panel Style Manager drop-down Routing Preference Definitions .
4. In the left pane of Style Manager, click the desired routing preference.
5. Drag the routing preference onto the appropriate tab on the Tool palette.

   The new tool appears in the Tool palette with the same name as the corresponding routing preference. For example, if you transfer Glued to the Pipe Tool palette, the new tool is also named Glued. However, if you drag Standard to the Cable Tray and Conduit Tool palette or the Pipe Tool palette, the new tool is generically named Conduit Tool or Pipe Tool respectively.

6. Select the new tool, right-click, and click Properties.

In the Tool Properties dialog box, the Routing Preference, Routing Preference Location, and Name properties for the new tool reflect values from the original routing preference. The remaining properties in the Tool Properties dialog box show “--”. This means that a default value has not been set. The properties will reflect the last value that was used when the Add command was invoked on the corresponding routing preference.