To Change Tool Icons

When you create a tool, the tool is added to a tool palette with the icon of the tool from which it was copied or with a default icon. You can change the tool icon by selecting a new icon saved as an image file or by selecting an object in the drawing. You cannot create icons from custom blocks. If you need to create an icon based on a custom block, save the block as an image file in any of the formats in the following list.

Sample tool icons

When you change a tool icon by selecting an icon saved as an image file, you can use any of the following image file formats:

• PNG
• GIF
• JPG
• BMP
• TIFF

Note: PNG is the recommended image format for tool icons because it supports lossless compression and background transparency. All of the other formats leave a background to the tool image.

Icons in tool palettes can have a maximum size of 64 x 64 pixels. Larger images are scaled when inserted.

To replace the tool icon using an image file

1. Open the tool palette that contains the tool you want to modify.
2. Right-click the tool, and click Properties.
3. In the Tool Properties dialog box, right-click the existing icon, and click Specify Image.
4. In the Select Image dialog box, select the image you want to use as a tool icon, and click Open.
5. Click OK.

To replace the tool icon using an object in a drawing

1. Open the tool palette that contains the tool you want to modify.
2. Right-click the tool, and click Set Image from Selection.
3. In the drawing, select the object to use as the tool icon, and press Enter.
4. Click OK.