Sharing Tool Palettes ATC or XPG?

Hi everyone,

I have created10 tool palettes for our group. I want to put the palettes on the network to share.

What is the best way to share the Palettes with the group?

Specifically,

1) Should I copy the individual ATC files to the server? Or export the XPG tool palette group file to the server?

2) For others to find the Palette files, is it simply a matter of adding the appropriate server directory to the Tool Palettes search path, within AutoCAD options?

3) The ATC files have long names. Can I rename them without issue?

**The palettes contain blocks, AutoCAD Lisp commands and Civil 3D Assemblies.

Thanks a lot.

Kevin J.

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013, Windows 7.