Author user parts

Use the Component Authoring command to prepare an iPart or a normal part for publishing to the Content Center Library. In the Component Authoring dialog box, items listed in red are required settings for publishing.

1. Open a custom iPart in Autodesk Inventor.
2. On the ribbon, click Manage tab Author panel Component .
3. Select the part Category pull-down list. The graphics and selection prompts change depending on the Category of component selected.
4. Create the iMates following the tooltips and graphical guide for the specific component.
5. Move to the Parameter Mapping Tab where you map the parameters to the related column name in the iPart table. Map all required parameters in the list.
6. When authoring is successful, click OK.
7. Click Publish Now to start the Publish Part command.

Note:

• Since you selected a category early in the process, the Content Center displays this category for publishing. For example, a bolt can now be published directly into the Bolt category, an existing subcategory of Bolt, or you can create a category under Bolt.
• You can rename the iMates as needed. These new names populate the iMate list in both the panel browser and the Component Authoring dialog box under the iMate.