To Publish an Authored Tube and Pipe Part

When a tube and pipe part is authored, you can use the Publish Part command to publish it to the Content Center. To publish multiple tube and pipe parts at one time, use the Batch Publish command. It is recommended that you use a separate library to publish tube and pipe parts you want to modify at a later time. If you experience authoring and publishing problems, you can detach the library.

Once published, the specified Standard information is available in the lists in the Tube & Pipe Styles dialog box. Part materials specified in the iPart Author table are available when the appropriate standard specification is selected. You can define tube and pipe styles using published parts or place it into a tube and pipe assembly from the Content Center using AutoDrop.

Before publishing tube and pipe parts, be aware of the following prerequisites:

• Ensure you have read/write permission to the appropriate library.
• You cannot add a new library to the Content Center in progress of publishing. Use Autodesk Data Management Server and Configure Content Center Libraries to create and attach the library to the Content Center beforehand.
• You cannot create new categories in the Content Center in progress of publishing. Use Content Center Editor to set up the categories beforehand.
• During publishing, the Content Center automatically points to the default category where you must publish the part. Create appropriate subcategories as needed. Do not change the default category Autodesk Inventor matches in the Content Center; otherwise, the publishing functionality is disabled for the category that was changed to. To continue the publishing process, click to restore the default category in the library tree.
• To use published parts to define tube and pipe styles, you must specify the Standards Organization and Standard family properties during publishing. They are the key style criteria to filter out library parts in the Tube & Pipe Styles dialog box.
• You can make changes to custom parts from within the Content Center and republish them at a later time.