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6 Under Content Source, select a project standards drawing or standards folder to use as source for the new
tools.
Then… If you want to…
select Create from drawings in folder, and then enter the path and folder
name under Type the source location. add tools from multiple drawings in a folder
select Create from drawing, and then enter the path and drawing name under
Type the source drawing. add tools from a single drawing
7 Under Tool Organization, specify how the tools should be organized in the catalog.
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To organize the resulting tools by their source drawing, select Group tools by source drawing.
This option is well suited for a tool catalog that is generated from a number of styles drawings. The
resulting tools could be placed in categories or palettes named “Wall Styles - Concrete (Imperial),”
“Wall Styles - CMU (Imperial),” etc.
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To organize the resulting tools by their object type, select Group tools by object type.
This option is well suited if you want to merge styles from various drawings into a new catalog. The
resulting tools will be placed in categories or palettes named “Walls,” Doors,” etc.
NOTE If both options are enabled, then the tools are first grouped by the drawings and then by the object
type, generating categories from the drawings, and palettes from the object types. This is implemented
because palettes cannot be nested. In this case the radio buttons below are disabled and the Create tools
in palettes option is selected for the tools.
NOTE If neither of the two options are enabled, all new tools will be generated in the top category of the
catalog.
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To organize the new tools in categories, select Create Tools in Categories.
If you have selected to group tools by their source drawing, then for each source drawing a category
will be created. If you have selected to group tools by their object type, then for each object type a
category will be created.
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To organize the new tools in palettes, select Create Tools in Palettes.
If you have selected to group tools by their source drawing, then for each source drawing a palette will
be created. If you have selected to group tools by their object type, then for each object type a palette
will be created.
8 Under Create tools for the following objects, select which object styles should appear as tools in the catalog.
By default, all available style types are selected. Use the Select All and Clear All buttons as needed to make
your selections.
9 Click OK.
A progress bar in the application status bar indicates the progress of the tool generation. When a large
number of tools are being added, the process can take a few moments.
NOTE Each category and each palette is created in its own ATC file. The category and palette ATC files are stored
in the Palettes or Categories subfolders in the folder in which the new catalog is created.
Adding an Existing Tool Catalog to Your Catalog Library
Use this procedure to add an existing tool catalog to your catalog library.
Adding a tool catalog to a catalog library does not physically move or copy any files. Instead, a pointer to the catalog’s
location is added to the catalog library. If you add a tool catalog that resides on another computer, and then a tool in
that catalog is updated, you always reference the latest version of the tool in the catalog library.
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