Publish a feature to Content Center

Use Publish Feature to publish an extrude, revolve, sweep, or hole feature to a read/write library in the Content Center.

Note: Features are managed similarly to parts in the Content Center library. You can use Content Center to insert features in assemblies, edit features placed in an assembly, or add features to Favorites.

Prepare a feature for publishing

• Save the file.
• Click Tools tab Options panel Document Settings . On the Units tab, select Display as Name and then click OK.
• Click Tools tab Options panel Application Options . On the General tab, set the Annotation scale to larger than 1. This setting magnifies the text so that it is more visible on the published feature.
• Right-click the sketch of the feature to publish and select Visibility.
• Right-click each sketch dimension and select Dimension Properties. In the Name box, enter a descriptive name.

Before you begin:

• You must be logged into the Autodesk Data Management server. If you work in a single-user environment, you are automatically logged in.
• You must be assigned Content Center editing permissions in Autodesk Server Console. If you work in a single-user environment, you automatically have permissions to publish.
• You publish to an existing read/write library. If the selected library is not found or read/write enabled, set up a new library using the Autodesk Server Console. Then add that new library to the current project file using the Configuration dialog box.

To publish a feature:

1. In a part (.ipt) file, click Manage tab Content Center panel Publish Feature .
2. Select an extrude, revolve, sweep, or hole feature, and then click Next in the Publish Feature dialog box.
3. Select feature parameters to publish: On the Parameters tab of the Author Feature dialog box, move parameters from Available Parameters to Selected Parameters. Click single arrows to move individual parameters or double arrows to move all parameters at once.
   Note: Selected parameters are used as custom parameters for the feature in Content Center Library.
4. On the Properties tab, select the Drop option to specify how extrude, revolve, or sweep features are positioned when inserted to a file from Content Center.
5. Click Next to open the Publish dialog box.
6. On the Publish dialog box, select a library. You can only publish to a read/write library.
7. Select a language from the list.
8. In the library structure, find the category where you want to publish the feature. Then click Next.
9. In the Publish Guide dialog box, enter properties for the published feature, and then click Next.
10. Optionally, change the thumbnail image. Click Browse next to the Load Alternate Thumbnail Image field, and locate the image.
11. Click Publish to publish the feature.

Note: Text on a profile sketch is not included in a published feature.