how to add new tool palette in autocad 2016

Right-click Pipe Line Segments and select New. Open Project setup, navigate to P&ID DWG Settings > P&ID Class Definitions > Engineering Items > Lines > Pipe Line Segments. Since we are going to create a new symbol, remember to switch your palette group to PnID PIP, and navigate to the Line tool palette. Save the projsymbolstyle.dwg and close it.

Select the Line with Insulation and click Ok. Locate the pdoteam.lin available for download and click Open. Use the LINETYPE command to open the Linetype Manager, and click Load

To load the line type into the project, open up the projsymbolstyle.dwg for your project. Line with Insulation Linetype (87 downloads) You can download the line file I used here: Here is what we are going to get as our final output: Hang on, this is going to get a little lengthy! Today’s article is going to show how to add a custom line class using a custom line type, and the create a image for the tool palette. On the topic of lines, be sure to check out these links for tips on creating your own line types: The out of the box line images are stored in a resource dll, so modifying those isn’t really an option. When adding new process line types, you generally do not get a good images on the tool palettes.

Creating Custom Image for Process Line Palettes.

Tool Palette Images for Custom Lines Update.

How to add new tool palette in autocad 2016