Topic: Tool Pallet help needed

[hudster]

I have a fire detector block and it has two uses by changing the attribute, either a H for a heat or O for an optical detector.

Is it possible to set up a tool pallet so that I can have the heat and optical options already set up? I can have the general block, but then have to change the layer and attribute to suit.

[Draftek]

You could use a little lisp to do the actual insert and either set up one for each or have a global variable you read.

[hudster]

So could I do it with a custom macro command?

[Dave R]

Yes you can. Also if you set your AutoCAD background to white you can use the pngout command to export the symbol to a png file. You can then use this as the image on the tool palette for the block. If you want to get really fancy. import the png into photoshop, remove the white background, and shrink the image to 255x255 pixels. That way you'll have a transparent png file that looks like the ones on the standard tool palettes.

So could I do it with a custom macro command?