Custom symbol library

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone,

We'd like to know how to create our own custom symbol library which will be accessible to all users. We're familiar with creating the components using the symbol builder. How/where do we set the library path, and which files do we need to edit? We're running ACE 2008.

Thanks,
Jose

[Anonymous]

Create a folder on your network called CustomLib or something similar.
Store your custom components in this folder. You can use the Browse button
from the insert menu to navigate to the custom symbols folder, or you can
use the icon menu wizard and create a menu icon that inserts the symbol.
You define the path to the symbol with icon menu wizard. AcadE doesn't
require your custom symbols to be in any specific location as long as you
know where they are.

Hint: If you want to modify symbols that shipped with AcadE, copy them to
this CustomLib and modify them there. Do not change the symbol's file name.
Next right-click on your project and select properties. Expand the Symbol
Library path by clicking the plus sign. Add the CustomLib path to the
symbol libraries path and move it to the top. This makes it the first
library that AcadE searches for symbols. The icon menu is programmed to
look for the specific file name inside whatever symbol folders are listed,
and in the order listed. If you modify HCR1 and VCR1 and put your version
in the CustomLib folder, AcadE will use your version, since it finds that
file name in the CustomLib first.

Hint: It is best to serve the standard symbols from a local drive and only
pull the custom symbols across the network. This is the fastest method to
keep network latency issues to a minimum. Of course that means that
everyone's local path must be the same to the local symbols. Stay with the
defaults that AcadE installs to and you will be fine. Only move symbols you
modify or create to the CustomLib on the network.

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Hi everyone,

We'd like to know how to create our own custom symbol library which will be
accessible to all users. We're familiar with creating the components using
the symbol builder. How/where do we set the library path, and which files
do we need to edit? We're running ACE 2008.

Thanks,
Jose