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you will learn how to add your own sketches and features to the palette.
You will also learn how to create new tabs in the palette and how
to create you own user defined palette that can be shared with other
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Adding
a Sketch to the Palette
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Adding a sketch
to the palette is very easy
- In the graphics
pane position the sketch the way you want it to appear in the
palette
- Select the
palette tab you want the sketch to appear in
- Right click
the sketch in the object browser
- Choose Add
to Palette
If is best
to fill the sketch to make it appear better in the palette (right
click sketch, choose filled)
Everything
about the sketch will be stored. Names, constraints etc..
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Adding
Features to the Palette
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If you want to add a single feature to the palette:
- In the graphics
pane position the feature the way you want it to appear in the
palette
- Select the
palette tab you want the feature appear in
- Right click
the feature name in the object browser
- Choose Add
to Palette
To add a multi-featured
object to the palette:
- Use the feature
select tool and shift select all the features you want to add
to the palette
- Right click
in the graphics pane and choose add to palette
Everything about the feature will be stored in the palette.
Names, constraints etc..
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Editing
Palette Entry
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Right clicking
any palette icon brings up several options
- Duplicate:
Make a copy
- Rename: Change
the name
- Delete: Remove
it from the palette
- Redefine
on Drop: This is for features. If this is selected the feature
definition pop box (extrusion, revolve etc..) will automatically
open when the feature is dropped
- Set Icon:
Change the icon.
- Properties:
Add textual information to the palette
Many of these features are not active for objects that are built
into the palette. When you make your own palette entries all of
these options will be available.
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Creating
New Tabs
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To create new
tabs right click on a blank area in the palette
- Select new
folder
- Enter the
name of the new tab
- To delete
tabs, just select the tab to delete
- Right click,
delete folder
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Creating
a User Defined Palette
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To create your
own user defined palette you first need to create some new folders
using windows explorer
- In windows
explorer create a new folder. Name the folder what you want to
call the user defined palette (ie Steve's Palette)
- Inside this
new folder, create more new folders. The new folders inside will
be the tabs of the user defined palette. (tab1, tab2 etc...)
- In Pro/D,
right click in an open space on the palette and chose User Palette
Location
- Browse out
to you new folder (Steve's Palette)
- Select OK
This folder
can be given to other users and they can use it as their user define
palette. This is very powerful for groups that need to quickly create
the same objects over and over.
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In
windows Explorer
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the User Palette
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