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Toolpalette grouping alternative

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 21:29:18 GMT

I am wondering what is the alternative for CAD palette grouping if we need to share it with other people?

If it is not possible to share the palettes what is the intention of Autodesk to let us be able to share group folders?

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cadffm — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 21:40:09 GMT

"Able to share GROUP folders"
What about you are talking?
Can you sent a link or upload a screenshot of what you talking about?

The alternative to use palette groups is to use different folders for toolpalettes.

You can set one or multiple pathes for toolpalettes.

For example, i want to have 3 groups:
Palette(P)
P1+P2
P1+P2+P3
P3+P4

So i create different folders(F):
F1 with P1+P2
F2 with P3
F3 with P4

Or for each Palette one separate folder.

Now i can switch the Supportpath(es) for my Toolpalette content.
I controle this by Menumacros which changes the supportpathes for the toolpalette.

Re: Toolpalette grouping alternative

gotphish001 — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 18:16:02 GMT

Here is a <<video>> that shows how to set up the macros and other stuff to set up the toolpaths that cadffm is talking about. It's a long video but a good watch as the guy is entertaining. I'm pretty sure the part I'm talking about is past the halfway point so if you want skip to the middle and start watching it will get you there faster.

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Anonymous — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 19:11:20 GMT

Actually I cannot see the problem on my computer, but this happened when I tried to share it with other people. I changed the support file search path and also the toolpalette path and I was able to share the palettes by exporting a profile and the saving a folder containing all the palettes on to their system.

Re: Toolpalette grouping alternative

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 19:12:09 GMT

Wow! This is awesome! I have never though of it that way! I will definitely give this a try!

Re: Toolpalette grouping alternative

gotphish001 — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 13:19:23 GMT

I had it set up with the macro shortcuts to switch palettes. The only thing I couldn't figure out is if my tool palette was docked it would take a little longer to load the new palette. If it was undocked it would load instantly. Works amazing besides the docking minor issue. Was also a minor pain to set up on each workstation. Making a notepad file that I shared helped a lot so I could copy and paste the paths.

Re: Toolpalette grouping alternative

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 13:54:58 GMT

Why didn`t you try Lisp?

I guess you don`t need to run Macro in that case to copy and paste the path on every computer.

Re: Toolpalette grouping alternative

tom.friesen — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 23:16:08 GMT

I know this is an old thread. This is what i have been searching for as I am setting up TPs again for the first time in a long time.

EXCEPT.. .for some reason the link you gave is not working for me. Seems to be happening a lot lately.

Is it because its old? surely the resource is still valuable. It would be handy to view that video as a walkthrough to confirm what im planning to do.

THanks in advance to any who help.

Re: Toolpalette grouping alternative

pendean — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 14:29:13 GMT

@tom.friesen wrote:
I know this is an old thread...... .for some reason the link you gave is not working for me. Seems to be happening a lot lately.
Is it because its old?...

The year2018 post linking to a year2015 video today in 2025 might just be old, you'll have to do to that website and hunt for it manually.

See if this recent post is helpful for your needs https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-forum/tool-palettes-on-server-autocad-2026/td-p/13882752#M357639

Re: Toolpalette grouping alternative

tom.friesen — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 21:06:16 GMT

Thankyou pendean! youve been helping me for many years simply by all the help you post to various communities. I really appreciate it. This is exactly what i needed.