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 +====== Customizing the Left Sidebar Palette in Rhino for Mac ======
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 +This article describes how to customize the left sidebar palette in Rhino for Mac...
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 +{{ :rhino:mac:customleftsidebar_11.png |}}
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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...
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 +1. Navigate to **Rhinoceros** > **Preferences** > **Commands**...
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 +{{ :rhino:mac:customleftsidebar_01.png?direct |}}
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 +2. Click the **Customize** button...
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 +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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 +{{ :rhino:mac:customleftsidebar_03.png?direct |}}
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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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 +{{ :rhino:mac:customleftsidebar_04.png?direct |}}
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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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 +{{ :rhino:mac:customleftsidebar_05.png?direct |}}
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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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 +{{ :rhino:mac:customleftsidebar_06.png?direct |}}
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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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 +{{ :rhino:mac:customleftsidebar_07.png?direct&640 |}}
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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...
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 +=== Assign your Modified Palette to the Left Sidebar ===
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 +9. Navigate to **Rhinoceros** > **Preferences** > **Themes**...
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 +{{ :rhino:mac:customleftsidebar_09.png?direct |}}
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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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 +{{ :rhino:mac:customleftsidebar_10.png?direct |}}
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 +11. **DONE**!  New modeling windows should show your Custom/Modified Palette in the Left Sidebar...
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 +{{ :rhino:mac:customleftsidebar_11.png?direct |}}
  
rhino/mac/customizingtheleftsidebarpalette.txt ยท Last modified: 2021/04/22 by maryfugier

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