Tool palette group empty

[civilman1957]

Good morning, all...

I'm creating a custom tool palette for our civil department, and am having two problems with my palettes.

First, I created a path to my custom palette in the files section of Options, so I have both my custom and the OOTB palettes mapped. When I move either one up on the list, the palette in my Civil 3D doesn't revert to that palette. I thought you could toggle between multiple palettes?

Second,  I created a group called "Title Blocks" and within that group I had several tabs that held the various sizes of title blocks we use. Since the toggle in files isn't working, whenever I replace the custom palette with the OOTB one to refer back to it, and then switch back to the custom one, all my groups are still there, but they are now empty. The palettes that were in them are there, they just aren't in the group any more.

Anyone have some insight to share?

Thanks,

[civilman1957]

Good morning, all...

I'm creating a custom tool palette for our civil department, and am having two problems with my palettes.

First, I created a path to my custom palette in the files section of Options, so I have both my custom and the OOTB palettes mapped. When I move either one up on the list, the palette in my Civil 3D doesn't revert to that palette. I thought you could toggle between multiple palettes?

Second,  I created a group called "Title Blocks" and within that group I had several tabs that held the various sizes of title blocks we use. Since the toggle in files isn't working, whenever I replace the custom palette with the OOTB one to refer back to it, and then switch back to the custom one, all my groups are still there, but they are now empty. The palettes that were in them are there, they just aren't in the group any more.

Anyone have some insight to share?

Thanks,

[redtransitconsultants]

My answer to the first one is to not use the options menu... I just create a few commands to handle switching the tool palette path.

Corporate Tool Palette

(defun C:TPCORPORATE () 
	(command "ToolPalettesClose" "*_toolpalettepath" "C:\\MY\\PATH\\Corp Tool Palette" "ToolPalettes")
	(princ "\n*****Corporate Tool Palettes Loaded*****\n")
	(princ) 
);defun

Personal Tool Palette

(defun C:TPPERSONAL () 
	(command "ToolPalettesClose" "*_toolpalettepath" "C:\\MY\\PATH\\TOOL PALETTES" "ToolPalettes")
	(princ "\n*****Personal Tool Palettes Loaded*****\n")
	(princ)
);defun

Out of The Box Tool Palette

(defun C:TPOOTB () 
	(command "ToolPalettesClose" "*_toolpalettepath" (strcat (getvar "ROAMABLEROOTPREFIX") "Support\\ToolPalette") "ToolPalettes")
	(princ "\n*****Out of the Box Tool Palette Loaded*****\n")
	(princ) 
);defun

[redtransitconsultants]

My answer to the first one is to not use the options menu... I just create a few commands to handle switching the tool palette path.

Corporate Tool Palette

(defun C:TPCORPORATE () 
	(command "ToolPalettesClose" "*_toolpalettepath" "C:\\MY\\PATH\\Corp Tool Palette" "ToolPalettes")
	(princ "\n*****Corporate Tool Palettes Loaded*****\n")
	(princ) 
);defun

Personal Tool Palette

(defun C:TPPERSONAL () 
	(command "ToolPalettesClose" "*_toolpalettepath" "C:\\MY\\PATH\\TOOL PALETTES" "ToolPalettes")
	(princ "\n*****Personal Tool Palettes Loaded*****\n")
	(princ)
);defun

Out of The Box Tool Palette

(defun C:TPOOTB () 
	(command "ToolPalettesClose" "*_toolpalettepath" (strcat (getvar "ROAMABLEROOTPREFIX") "Support\\ToolPalette") "ToolPalettes")
	(princ "\n*****Out of the Box Tool Palette Loaded*****\n")
	(princ) 
);defun