Modifying Tools Properties

You can change the properties of existing tools on a palette. For example, you can specify the color of a line or change the scale of a Block.

To modify the tool properties:

  1. On the Tool Palettes, right-click on a tool and select Properties from the context menu.

  2. In the Tool Properties dialog box, specify the properties associated with the tool.

    The set of properties vary according to the specified tool.

    • Tool properties

    • Entity-specific properties

    • General properties

    • Custom properties, for Custom Blocks only

  3. Click OK.

To modify the tool icon:

  1. On the Tool Palettes palette, right-click on a tool and select Properties from the context menu.

  2. In the Light UI (or Dark UI) area, click button_palette_dots .

  3. In the dialog box, select the image file to use and click Open.

    The preview displays the specified image.

    tip To restore the original image, click Reset Icon icon_refresh .

  4. Click OK.

Tool Properties Dialog box

The Tool Properties dialog box lets you modify the properties associated with the specified tool. The list of properties varies according to the type of the specified tool.

From this dialog box, you can:

  • Change the displayed name of the specified tool

  • Specify a different icon for a tool

  • Specify the tool options to display in the flyout

  • Command string

  • Specify general properties

Name

Displays the name of the specified tool.

Description

Displays the description of the specified tool, which is used as tooltip.

Light UI, Dark UI

Displays the icon of the specified tool for the Light UI, respectively for the Dark UI.

button_palette_dots Change Icon

icon_refresh Reset Icon

Commands

These options are available only when the specified tool has a flyout.

Show tools list

Enables or disables the display of flyout.

Tools list options

Clicking on button_palette_dots displays the Tool Options dialog box, which contains the list of tools from the flyout.

Command string

Lets you specify a command, a command sequence, or command option. Start the expression with ^C^C to ensure a running command is cancelled when invoking the command or command sequence.

General properties

List of properties of the entity that the tool creates. Override the current drawing property settings such as layer, color, and linetype.

Custom properties

Lists custom properties that you added in the CustomBlock definition from which you have created the tool.

After creating a tool from a CustomBlock onto a tool palette, you can modify the CustomBlock appearance using the custom properties.

tip_2 The CB abbreviation in the bottom-right corner of the tool icon identifies tools created from Custom Blocks.

Related Topics

About Tool Palettes

Parent Topic

Working with Tool Palettes