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Tip and Trick Week of 07/25/10: Autocad Electrical: Project Specific Catalog Database

AutoCAD Electrical 2011 allows users to create a project-specific catalog database containing only the components used in a project. This smaller database can then be sent to clients, limiting catalog selection to components already used. To create the database, users click the Project Tab, Other Tools Panel, and Create Project-Specific Catalog Database. They confirm the database name and location, and whether to save it to the project folder.

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Tip and Trick Week of 07/25/10: Autocad Electrical: Project Specific Catalog Database

AutoCAD Electrical 2011 allows users to create a project-specific catalog database containing only the components used in a project. This smaller database can then be sent to clients, limiting catalog selection to components already used. To create the database, users click the Project Tab, Other Tools Panel, and Create Project-Specific Catalog Database. They confirm the database name and location, and whether to save it to the project folder.

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Tip and Trick Week of 07/25/10

AutoCAD Electrical: Project Specific Catalog Database


Sample catalog information is furnished with the default AutoCAD Electrical installation. The information is held in tables in a Microsoft Access Database file (.mdb) which are populated with sample vendor data. This database can potentially hold hundreds of thousands of entries. Your project likely uses a small percentage of these entries. AutoCAD Electrical 2011 now allows the user to create a project-specific catalog database containing only the entries used in your project. With this functionality the user can send a copy of this smaller catalog database to your client with the finished project and limit catalog selection to components already used in the project. Creating a project-specific catalog database 1. Click the Project Tab 2. Click Other Tools Panel 3. Click Create Project-Specific Catalog Database

2. Confirm the catalog database name. If necessary, enter or browse to a different catalog file name. 3. If a secondary catalog file is defined in the project properties, the name is shown in the Secondary catalog file edit box. This file name cannot be changed. 4. Select whether to save the catalog file to the project folder with the file name {project name}_cat.mdb. Yes - the file becomes the new project catalog lookup file. No - the project does not reference the file. Define the database file name and folder. 5. Click OK
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