Storing Text Templates in a Catalog

This task will show you how to store text templates in a catalog.
For more information on catalogs, refer to the Infrastructure User's Guide.
Open the TextTemplates.CATDrawing document.

  1. Select File > New.

  2. In the New dialog box, select CatalogDocument from the list of types and click OK. The Catalog Editor workbench is launched and a new catalog is created.

  3. In the left-hand pane, double-click Chapter.1 to activate it.

  4. Select Insert > Add Family.... The component Family Definition dialog box is displayed.

  5. Type Text templates in the Name field.

  6. Make sure Standard is selected in the Type field, and click OK. The family is created.

  7. For more convenience, select Window > Tile Horizontally to display your Catalog Editor and Drafting windows at once.

  8. In the Drafting window, select one of the text templates, e.g. Part number & Revision.

  9. In the left-hand pane of the Catalog Editor window, double-click Text templates to activate it.

  10. Select Insert > Add Component.... The Description Definition dialog box is displayed.

  11. On the Reference tab, click the Select external feature button. The dialog box is updated with information about the selected text template, i.e. Part number & Revision.

  12. Click OK. The selected text template is listed on the Reference tab, in the right-hand pane of the Catalog Editor window.

  13. Go back to the Drafting window and select the other text templates, e.g. Part name.

  14. Return to the Catalog Editor window and repeat steps 10 and 11. The dialog box is now updated with information about the Part name text template. 

  15. Click OK. Both selected text templates are now listed on the Reference tab, in the right-hand pane of the Catalog Editor window.

  16. Select File > Save As and save the catalog as a .catalog document.