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1 Click to display the catalog library.
2 Click to create a catalog.
3 In the Add Catalog dialog box, select Add an existing catalog or website.
4 Enter the location of the tool catalog you want to add, or click Browse and select a catalog.
Tool catalog files typically have the extension .atc.
5 Click OK.
NOTE Alternatively, you can drag and drop an ATC file from Windows Explorer to the Content Browser library
pane.
Creating a Catalog Install File
Use this procedure to create a registry file that adds catalogs to other users’ Content Browser libraries.
When you add a catalog in Content Browser, it is automatically added to your Content Browser library (CBL). However,
as a CAD manager, you might also want to automatically install new catalogs into other user’s libraries. In that case,
you can either add a pointer to a catalog in an existing registry file, or create a new registry file that adds that catalog
to the user’s library.
Creating a catalog install file
1 Click on the Navigation toolbar to open Content Browser.
2 Select the catalog that you want to add to a registry file.
When you add a catalog to a registry file, make sure that the network location of the catalog and all its
affiliated files can be accessed by all users to whom you want the catalog distributed.
3 Shift-Rightclick the catalog.
4 Click Convert to Registry File.
Then… If you want to…
browse to the desired folder location, enter a name for the registry
file, and click Open.
In that case, a new registry file (REG) is created, containing the
registry information for the selected catalog. create a new registry file for the catalog
browse for the registry file, select it and click Open.
In that case, an entry containing the registry information for the
selected catalog is appended to the registry file. enter the catalog into an existing registry file
NOTE When you select an existing registry file, the file is not overwritten, as in standard Windows Save dialogs;
the catalog entry is simply added to the registry file. If you want to overwrite an existing registry file, you need
to delete it from Windows Explorer, and then create a new one of the same name.
Entering a catalog in a users’ library
5 To enter the catalog reference into the local registry, and thereby into the user’s catalog library (CBL), run
the new registry file.
6 Either place the generated REG file on a generally accessible network folder, or copy it to the local user
machine where the catalog should be entered.
7 Double-click the REG file on the user’s computer.
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