Adding a Tool Palette to a Tool Catalog

Use this procedure to add a tool palette to a tool catalog. You must have write-access to the tool catalog in order to add a palette. For more information, see Setting Catalog Access Rights.

You can also drag a tool palette from the Autodesk Civil 3D drawing into a tool catalog. Click the tab of the tool palette to drag it.

  1. In the Content Browser, open the tool catalog in which to add the tool palette.

    To add the palette to a specific category in the catalog, open that category.

    Note:

    If the Create Category, Create Package, and Create Palette icons do not appear at the bottom of the left pane, the tool catalog is read-only, and you cannot add a tool palette.

  2. Click in the left pane of the Content Browser.
  3. In the Tool Palette Properties dialog box, enter a name for the tool palette, and enter any other desired properties:
    If you want to… Then…
    Add a description to be displayed in the tool catalog and queried in catalog search operations Enter a Description.
    Define terms that will be found during a search of the tool catalog Enter the terms for Keywords.
    Identify the publisher of the tool palette Enter a Publisher.