Sharing Tool Palettes in AutoCAD P&ID

Challenge

I work in a network environment and would like to share my tool palettes with other users.

Solution

It is as simple as Locate, Copy, and Redirect.

Note:  AutoCAD P&ID Symbols must be defined in the active project to work properly.

Locate

• Locate your Tool Palettes and Authoring Palettes in Windows Explorer

Windows XP

C:\documents and settings\<username>\Application Data\Autodesk\AutoCAD P&ID 2010\R18.0\Enu\Support\ToolPalettes
C:\documents and settings\<username>\Application Data\Autodesk\AutoCAD P&ID 2010\R18.0\Enu\Support\Authoring Palettes

Windows Vista

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD P&ID 2010\R18.0\Enu\Support\ToolPalettes
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\AutoCAD P&ID 2010\R18.0\Enu\Support\Authoring Palettes

Note:  If Application Data is not shown, Go to Tools>Folder Options>View Tab…Select Show Hidden Files and Folders.

Copy

• Copy both folders to a central location on your network.  Users should have read/write access to this folder.

Redirect

• At each station, open AutoCAD P&ID. 
• Right click the command line and select Options.
• Go to the Files Tab
• Expand the Tool Palettes File Locations, redirect to new location.
• Expand the Authoring Palettes Files Locations, redirect to new location.
• Select OK
• Close AutoCAD P&ID and reopen to have settings take effect.

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