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This task shows you how to store objects such as components and on/off sheet connectors in a catalog. | |
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Only basic information is supplied in this task. See Component Catalog Editor documentation for information on creating and working with catalogs. | |
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NOTE: If you use the
document checker (right-click
Product - CATDUAV5) on a
catalog with the
with the Check
option you may lose reference components from the catalog. This is
because the tool will delete all reference components
in the catalog that do not have a corresponding placed component. This
means that if you have built a component and added it to the catalog,
but have not placed it in a document, the tool will delete it. This also
applies to a component that you have built in the detail sheet of a
design document, but haven’t placed in that design document. If you use
the tool on such a document, then the reference component will be
deleted. This tool can also be launched as a
batch command.
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1. | With the component you want to
store in the catalog displayed, click
Infrastructure - Catalog Editor in the
Start menu to create a new
catalog.
To open an existing catalog, use the File - Open command and navigate to the catalog. The Catalog Editor opens. |
| 2. | Click
Windows - Tile Horizontally so that both the Catalog
Editor and the component display.
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| 3. | Double-click the family under
which you want to add the component.
If this is a new catalog document, you need to add a family. Click the
Add Family button
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| 4. | Click the Add Component
button  . The
Description Definition dialog box displays.
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| 5. | Enter or change the name for the
component. Add other information as needed.
Click the Select external feature button and select the boundary of the view of the added component. |
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| 6. | Select the Preview tab and select Local preview (stored in catalog). This displays an image of the component in the Catalog Browser. | |
| 7. | Click (in the specifications tree) on the component you want to add to the catalog. The component is added. | |
, enter a name in the
Name
field in the Family Definition
dialog box, and click OK.