Exercise 3: Publishing a Tool Catalog

In this exercise, you will publish an assembly tool catalog so that it can be shared with other users.

This exercise continues from Exercise 2: Copying Assemblies to a Tool Catalog.

1. In the Autodesk Content Browser 2016 window, click .
2. Right-click the Residential Assemblies (Tutorial) tool catalog. Click Publish ‘Residential Assemblies (Tutorial)’.
3. In the Publish Tool Catalog dialog box, on the Step 1 Of 4 page, select Move It To A New Location. Click Next.
4. On the Step 2 Of 4 page, click . In the Move Catalog dialog box, navigate to the My Civil 3D Tutorial Data folder. Click Make New Folder. Name the folder Assemblies Tutorial, and then click OK.

   You can also specify a location on your company network. Publishing a tool catalog to a network location will allow multiple users to link to the tool catalog. If the tool catalog on the network changes, the users’ catalog libraries will be automatically updated.

5. Click Next.
6. On the Step 3 Of 4 page, make sure that the dependant file path is the same location that you specified in Step 4. If it is not, click to navigate to the correct path. Make sure that both check boxes on this page are selected.

   Accepting the default options on this page will ensure that all the files that go with the tool catalog will be maintained in one central location.

7. Click Next.
8. On the Step 4 Of 4 page, make sure Directly From The Location Provided is selected.

   This is the location that you specified in Step 4. The check boxes at the bottom of the page give you control over the interaction between the users’ personal catalog libraries and the source tool catalog. Selecting the first check box prevents users from making unauthorized changes to the tool catalog. Selecting the second check box prevents the tool catalog contents from refreshing when they are dragged and dropped into the users’ workspace.

9. Click Finish.
10. Using Windows Explorer, navigate to the Assemblies Tutorial folder on the Windows desktop.

    The folder should contain the following files:

    • Images folder
    • Palettes folder
    • Residential Assemblies (Tutorial).atc

To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 4: Installing a Tool Catalog.