Using tool palettes
The tool palette is another great source of AutoCAD blocks. Tool palettes not only have simple blocks but also a special kind of block called dynamic blocks. These dynamic blocks can change shape as per the settings specified in them. Tool palettes also contain blocks containing attributes.
In this section, we will learn about using tool palettes to insert the blocks that we need, and we will also learn how to create a tool palette and then save our custom blocks on it. So, let’s begin by exploring tool palettes.
Inserting blocks from a tool palette
In the following example, we will use a tool palette to insert blocks of different types, and we will also modify those blocks:
- Open a tool palette using the Tool Palettes icon in the Palettes panel on the View tab, as shown in the following screenshot, or use its command alias, TP. You can also press Ctrl + 3 on your keyboard:
Figure 8.41: Tool Palettes on the Palettes...
