Toolbox

Your saved looks, marks, ways of measuring and words, in sets. Click one to use it; one search covers every set.

Why you would use it

The same few things are drawn again and again: the red query cloud, the green approved line, the verge flashing measured the same way on every job. A Toolbox keeps them one click away, so each is the same every time, whoever draws it.

For example

What to do

1. Open it from View, or press Ctrl+Shift+B.
2. Pick a set, or type to search every set.
3. Click a tool. A look draws the next one in that look; a mark follows the pointer to be placed; words go in the next note's box; a way of measuring starts measuring into its group.
4. To keep something, select it and use Add…, or right-click it and choose Add to the Toolbox.

Going further

Sets are yours: starter sets are only examples, and putting them back never replaces anything you made. A way of measuring carries how, never how much (no measurements, no totals). Export saves a set as one plain file to back it up or send to a colleague; Import adds the sets in a file without changing what you have. Nothing leaves this computer unless you send the file.

If you already use another program

In a CAD program: Tool palettes: saved tools you click to use.

In a PDF markup program: A tool chest or favourites: saved looks and marks, kept in sets you can switch between.