Easily share tool palettes with colleagues

Tool palettes can be a great place to store blocks, custom commands, and more. For example, in this post, I explain how to use tool palettes for blocks. And here I explain how to use tool palettes for user-defined hatches.

But what if you want to share them with others? You can share tool palettes by exporting them to a file. Then others import the same file to access the tool palettes.

Export a tool palette or group to a file

Follow these steps to export a tool palette (or group) to a file:

1. Choose Manage tab> Customization panel> Tool Palettes (the CUSTOMIZE command) to open the Customize dialog box. Note that each tab in the Tool Palettes window is a separate tool palette.
2. Right click a tool palette or group and choose Export from the menu. To export all palette groups, right-click a palette group and choose Export All.
3. In the Export Palette or Export Group dialog box, choose a location for the file. A tool palette will be an XTP file and a palette group will be an XPG file.
4. Click Save.

Import a tool palette or group from a file

If someone gives you a tool palette file (XTP or XPG), here are the steps to import it:

1. Choose Manage tab> Customization panel> Tool Palettes (the CUSTOMIZE command) to open the Customize dialog box.
2. Right-click any palette from the left side of the dialog box and choose Import.
3. Select the XTP or XPG file and choose Open to display the tool palette.

Here you see the custom tool palette that I imported: