To Use a Tool in the AutoCAD Architecture 2025 Toolset Workspace

Use this procedure to use a tool from a tool catalog in the AutoCAD Architecture 2025 toolset workspace. You can also copy tools stored in a tool package to a tool palette in the tool palette set.

1. Click Home tabBuild panelTools drop-downContent Browser.
2. Open the tool catalog containing the tool you want to use. If the tool is located in a specific category of the catalog, open that category.
3. Select Add to Tool Palette when you hover the cursor over the content icon.

   To copy multiple tool palettes, press and hold Ctrl while clicking each palette; then right-click and select Add to Tool Palette.

4. Choose the appropriate action:

   If you want to…	Then…
   use the tool immediately	click Insert into Drawing to insert the tool in to the drawing area.
   store a linked copy of the tool on a tool palette in the tool palette set	click Add to Tool Palette to add the tool palette to the desired tool palette set. Note: A linked copy will only be created when the tool catalog has been set to linked. If the catalog has been set to non-linked, any tool from that catalog will be inserted as non-linked tool onto the AutoCAD Architecture 2025 toolset palette.
   create an unlinked copy of the tool on a tool palette in the tool palette set	press and hold Alt. Then click Add to Tool Palette to add the tool palette in the desired tool palette set. Note: If the tool catalog containing the tool has been set to unlinked, you do not need to hold down Alt while adding the tool. It will be inserted as unlinked in any case.

   Note: If a tool palette does not accept a tool, it might be because the palette is set to allow updates only from a linked tool palette in a tool catalog. To check this, right-click on the palette, click Properties, and look at the Refresh from setting. If Refresh from is selected, the palette is linked to a palette in a tool catalog. To break the link, clear Refresh from.