making a symbol catalog for wall cut tool

AKABigBlack

can this be done? i'm looking to create a menu button that would bring up the wall cutting tools (5' and 10'). has anyone done this?

Monsen

That should be relatively easy. First, create a copy of the catalog file containing these symbols. Then open it up for editing (load it up as a map instead of in the symbol catalog window). Now, use symbol manager to delete all the other symbols in the catalog.

Finally, to make a toolbar button, you need to edit the menu file. These are the .mnu file in the CC3 installation directory. Open the appropriate file (like dungeon.mnu for the dungeon designer toolbar). If you look at the file, the lines should be more or less self-explanatory. The command you need to tell CC3 to load a symbol catalog is CATALOG.

Just give a reply if you need more details. I am writing this from my phone, which for some reason doesn't have CC3 installed, so I don't have the technical details at hand right now.

AKABigBlack

that totally worked! thanks a million. it was a pain to open the catalog that the cut tool was in whenever it was needed. quick question though, where do the icons for the menu buttons live(CAMONSTER....etc)? did a file search and found nothing.

Ralf

Those are internal program resources, you won't find them as separate files. But you can create and reference your own icons. This is how it would look in the menu file:
#430,#Bitmaps\Icons\cit.bmp:[Cities Menu]{~|CMENU SYSTEM\cit.mnc;}~|CMENU SYSTEM\cit.mnc;

AKABigBlack

this worked perfectly. created my own icon image and it looks great! thanks again.

Raiko

This is a really good idea, and great advice from Ralf and Monsen. Thanks!

AKABigBlack

it's working like a charm! it really is the little things....