You can create structural member tools and add them to tool palettes. Tool palettes in AutoCAD Architecture 2025 toolset let you quickly place beams, braces, and columns by selecting a structural member tool with a specific style and other predefined properties.
If you created structural member styles in the Structural Member Catalog or with the Structural Member Style wizard, you can drag the styles from the Style Manager to tool palettes and then customize the properties of the new tools.
You can also use any of the following methods to create structural member tools:
- Drag a structural member that has the properties you want to a tool palette.
- Copy an existing tool in the current palette, paste it onto the current palette or a different palette, and then customize the properties of the new tool.
- Drag a tool from the Content Browser to a tool palette and then customize the properties of the new tool.