Creating A Beam Tool - Autodesk 24108-051400-9000 - AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2008 User Manual

You can also use any of the following methods to create structural member tools:
Drag a structural member that has the properties you want to a tool palette.
Copy an existing tool in the current palette, paste it onto the current palette or a different palette, and then
customize the properties of the new tool.
Drag a tool from the Content Browser to a tool palette and then customize the properties of the new tool.

Creating a Beam Tool

Use this procedure to create a structural beam tool and add it to a tool palette.
1 Open the tool palette on which you want to add a tool.
2 Create the tool:
If you want to
create a tool from a structural member style in the Style
Manager
create a tool from a beam in the drawing
copy a tool in the current palette
copy a tool from another palette
copy a tool from the Content Browser
3 Right-click the new tool, and click Properties.
4 Enter a name for the tool.
5 Click the setting for Description, enter a description of the tool, and click OK.
The description displays in the tooltip when you select the tool from the tool palette, and describes the
tool if you store it in a tool catalog in the Content Browser.
6 Expand Basic, and expand General.
7 Enter a description of the beams that you can create using this beam tool.
8 If you do not want to use the layer assignments specified in the layer key style used in the drawing, specify
a layer key and any layer key overrides.
9 Select a structural member style, and select a style location, if not the current drawing.
The style provides the shape of the beam.
10 Specify a value for Bound spaces:
If you want to
allow the beam to be used as a bounding object for
associative spaces
prevent the beam from being used as a bounding object for
associative spaces
use the bounding setting from the beam style
NOTE For more information on associative spaces, see
1378 | Chapter 29 Structural Members
Then
on the Format menu, click Style Manager. Locate the style
you want to copy, and drag it to the tool palette. Click OK
to close the Style Manager.
select the beam, and drag it to the tool palette.
right-click the tool, and click Copy. Right-click, and click Paste.
open the other tool palette, right-click the tool, and click
Copy. Reopen the palette where you want to add the tool,
right-click, and click Paste.
open the Content Browser, and locate the tool you want to
copy. Position the cursor over the i-drop handle, and drag
the tool to the tool palette.
Then
select Yes.
select No.
select By Style.
Generating Associative Spaces" on page 1587.