====== Customizing the Left Sidebar Palette in Rhino for Mac ======
For a complete tutorial, see [[https://vimeo.com/showcase/7624459|Customizing Tool Pallets in Rhino for Mac.]]

This article describes how to customize the left sidebar palette in Rhino for Mac...

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=== Create a Custom Command Set ===

Before you can add a Custom Tool Palette to the Left Sidebar, you will need to create a Custom Command Set with a Custom (or Modified) Command Set...

1. Navigate to **Rhinoceros** > **Preferences** > **Commands**...

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2. Click the **Customize** button...

3. The **Command Editor** should open.  Notice that the **Default Command Set** is **Read-Only**.  Click on it in the drop-down menu in the upper-left corner...

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4. You will need to select **Duplicate** to make an **editable copy** of the **Default Command Set**...

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5. You will be asked to give your new Command Set a **new name**.  Give it a descriptive name.  For the purposes of this article, we will call ours "//My UI Scheme//".  Notice now that the Command Editor is editing your new command set.  Now, click the small **+** button underneath the Palette panel to **create a new palette**...

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6. An **Untitled** palette will appear in your Modified Palettes section of the Palette panel.  **Single-click** this item **to rename** it something descriptive...

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7. For demonstration purposes, we have called our Modified Palette "//Random Commands.//"  Make sure your Modified Palette is **selected** in the Palettes panel.  **From the Command panel**, **drag** the commands you want to appear in the Left Sidebar **into the Palette's contents** area.  When you are finished, make sure you click the **Save** button in the lower-right corner.

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8. Now you have a **Custom Command Set** in as your **Current command set**.  Any new modeling windows will use this command set...


=== Assign your Modified Palette to the Left Sidebar ===

9. Navigate to **Rhinoceros** > **Preferences** > **Themes**...

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10. In the **Themes** panel, select **Custom** from the top drop-down.  __Un__check **Show ribbon bar** and **Show top tool palette**.  In the **Commands sidebar** section, make sure that **Command options in sidebar** is **enabled**.  In the **Sidebar palette** dropdown, find your **Custom/Modified palette** and **select it**...

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11. **DONE**!  New modeling windows should show your Custom/Modified Palette in the Left Sidebar...

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