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This task explains how to browse and navigate
through catalogs. |
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Open the
ALL_FASTENERS.catalog catalog.
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Double-click the ALL_FASTENERS chapter.
The entities contained in the chapter appear in the Catalog tree.
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Double-click a family name or icon.
The entities contained in the selected chapter appear in the form
of a table in the Keywords tab on the right-hand side of the
navigator. The values assigned to each component attribute are
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Click the Reference tab.
Three columns are displayed:
- Name: name of the description
- Type: type of the description. It may be a chapter, a file or a
feature.
- Object Name: name of the pointed object. It may be a file or a
CATPart. When a component is resolved, it points to the document
generated in the storage folder. Note: If the name of the pointed
object cannot be found (i.e. the Object Name column indicates
"Document not found"), access the
Tools->Options->General->Document tab to indicate how to
localize your linked documents.
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Click the Preview
tab to visualize the listed descriptions.
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To modify an individual description, right-click the
description and select Definition....
The Description Definition dialog box appears.
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See
Creating a Catalog, Adding a Part Family, steps 4 through 8, for
the modification of the following elements:
- Referenced document (Select document
button)
- Resolution mode
- Resolved description synchronization mode
- Preview settings (Preview tab)
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Click the Generative
Data tab.
When you are browsing a part family, the Generative Data
tab displays the generative part that was used to generate the part
family (under Generative Definitions) and the part family components
(under Filtered Components).
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A design table is a feature created in Version
5 either from the current parameter values of your document or from
external data. This feature facilitates the definition and management of
mechanical parts by enabling you to regroup in the form of a table, in a
.xls or .txt file, the various sets of parameter values that can be
assigned to a part. Each set of parameter values is called a
configuration.
For more information on design tables, see
Design Tables in the Infrastructure guide. |
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You can open an entity in one of the
above-mentioned tabs by double-clicking it. |
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When selecting an element in one of the above
tabs, you can also use contextual commands, according to the object and tab
in which you perform your selection:
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