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Anonymous
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Clarification needed on sharing tool palettes

Okay, I know this subject has been probably beaten to death already, but I'm still not finding the clarification I need.

 

I have been asked to create custom tool palettes for myself, other locally-in-the-same-building users, and other users who work-offsite.  The offsite folks do not have the same version of AutoCAD, they are one file-format behind me (I have 2016 Mechanical vs their 2014 standard AutoCAD).

 

The following link seems to provide contradictory information:

 

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Exchan...

 

It clearly states that "Tool palettes that were created with a newer version of AutoCAD cannot be shared with other users, using an older version of the same product."

 

But then it subsequently states "To share tool palettes with other users and between different releases, you need to save the tool palettes to a .XTP file and transfer them manually."

 

Now, my initial reading of these statements leads me to infer that Tool Palettes cannot be shared from a master directory across two different file formats, yes?  So...the outside users with an older file format would have to use copies of my Tool Palettes that they would electronically receive and install locally on their machines.  Am I understanding this overal situation correctly?  Thanks for any clarification!