
Reset Settings to Default for the software. Its best to delete this icon from the desktop as well. To avoid opening your software with a Global profile verify the desktop shortcut is not say Global in the name. Global will only have tool palette options for Design. but, if you ddedit the dim text you can make use of mtexts stacking feature. If its set to the Global profile then this is why you're seeing a different interface and tool palette.
From the profile tab verify the current profile being used. Here are a few ways to fix this error that I have found to work all the time without having to uninstall and reinstall the software This can be the results of a corrupt installation or the software was accidentally opened using a different AutoCAD profile. That will make any palette you created in one computer available to the other users on your network.When open your AutoCAD Architecture or AutoCAD MEP and your tool palette is not showing the correct palettes and the only options available when right click on the tool palette bar is "All Palettes" and "Design". Note: After the initial transfer operation, you can add new tool palettes that you created by drag and dropping them to the Catalog in Content Browser. To create, edit, import palettes, run JTBToolPaletteEditor command.
(see that it is not a simple drag and drop operation, you have to click in the palette you want to load in the contend browser and keep pressing the mouse button till a syringe icon loads, then drag to the tool palettes bar in AutoCAD Run JTBToolPalette command to open the Palette. Drag and drop the palettes you want from the catalog to your tool palettes bar.
Browse t the network location you specified before. Add catalog -> Add an existing Catalog. In any computer where you want to add those palettes, follow these steps In the CUSTOMIZE command, on the Tool palettes tab, export the selected palette using the Export function (rt-click menu) to a. 5th Reopen ACad, under options ADD the tool palette/palette folder. atc file for each palette and an image folder for tool images. The program should create a folder name Palettes under the tool palette folder you specified with an. Drag and drop the new palettes to from you palettes side bar to the Catalog. 3rd import the palettes and palette groups from where ever. Double click the new catalog that you have created. Browse to a network location that all computers can access. Right click and "Add Catalog" -> Create New Catalog. Click on the content browser icon or type CONTENTBROWSER in the command line window. To store the palettes you have created do the following: When open your AutoCAD Architecture or AutoCAD MEP and your tool palette is not showing the correct palettes and the only options available when right click on the tool palette bar is 'All Palettes' and 'Design'.
Step 3: Click Open to assign the new image. Step 2: In the Select Image file dialog box, locate and select the image file you want use. So here comes a kind of extended version of it. You can change the block icon on the Tool Palette by following these steps: Step 1: Right-click a block and select Specify Image. But the explanation from autodesk I think is a bit short and might not be enough fo a newby. Basically it explains the following steps to do that. Here is a link to the support site from autodesk about the topic. There is no Export command so finding the way to do so it might be a bit complicated. Transfer your tool palettes from one computer to another.Īfter creating tool palettes in any of the AutoCAD versions, you might want to transfer them to other computers in your network.