Palettes and Tool Sets

The standard workspace contains various palettes for creating and editing objects in VectorWorks Fundamentals. Basic and Tool Sets are tool palettes, which have special functionality, as described in Tool Palette Features. If a keyboard shortcut is currently assigned to a menu command or tool, the shortcut displays when the mouse hovers over the command or tool; to set up or modify keyboard shortcuts, see Modifying Menus and Commands.

Depending on the initial settings, some palettes may be hidden when VectorWorks Fundamentals is launched.

Palette / Tool Set	Purpose
Constraints	Contains SmartCursor controls that can be toggled on or off
Attributes	Contains a selection of colors, fills, pens, and other object attributes
Object Info	Lists context-sensitive object information for viewing and editing
Working Planes	Contains controls for adding and modifying working planes
Resource Browser	Accesses VectorWorks’ gradient fills, hatch patterns, image fills, record formats, scripts and script palettes, symbols and symbol folders, worksheets, textures, and backgrounds
Visualization (RenderWorks required)	Accesses all lights and cameras in the file
Basic	Contains a single set of basic 2D and 3D object creation and editing tools; the palette can be customized through the Workspace Editor
Tool Sets	In the standard workspace, the palette includes the following tool sets, whose tools are grouped by similar functionality; the palette and its tool sets can be customized through the Workspace Editor
3D Modeling	Contains tools for creating and editing 3D objects, including solids and NURBS
Visualization	Contains tools for changing the drawing view in different ways, including the Walkthrough and Light tools
Dims / Notes	Contains tools for adding dimension and label objects
Walls	Contains basic wall creation tools
Detailing	Contains tools for adding architectural detail objects, such as tubing
Script Palettes	Contains palettes with VectorScript resources