Creating a Specifications Catalog

	This task explains how you can create a specifications catalog and save it in the ENOVIA database. If you are creating a file based specifications catalog then see Creating a Specifications Catalog for resolved parts or parametric parts.
	You should read the task that explains creation of a file based specifications catalog, because it refers to basic concepts that are not explained in this task. You can use the method defined for creating a specification catalog in a file-based environment. However, that will require that you create a parts list. The method described here - using queries - may require less preparation for large catalogs. Note these general conditions: Catalog descriptions cannot point directly to a text file. Catalog descriptions can only point to the following document types: CATProduct, CATPart, Catalog. All documents that the specifications catalog points to must be loaded in memory before the catalog is saved in ENOVIA. To load documents that are pointed to by the specifications catalog, click `File -> Desk` in the menubar, right click on the resource, and select `Load` in the drop down menu to load it in memory.
	1.	Open the sample specifications catalog provided with this application`: PipingSpecifications-Resolved-EV.catalog`. It is located in `..\intel_a\startup\EquipmentAndSystems\Piping\Specification.`
	2.	Rules are already associated in the sample catalog. This step shows how to associate rules if they are not associated. Each rule that is defined under the family must point to a CATProduct document. This document must contain the design table defining the rules. The image below shows the rules that are defined in the sample specifications catalog. Make the rule active in the specifications tree. You can activate the rule by double clicking on it - it is highlighted blue when active, as you can see above. Associate the corresponding CATProduct document. To do this, click the `Add Component` button to display the `Description Definition` dialog box. Click the `Select Document` button. In the File Selection box that displays navigate to the directory where the design rules tables are. They are CATProduct type files. The default directory is `intel_a\startup\EquipmentandSystems\XXX\Specification` (where XXX is your application) and then the specification itself, say Cs150r. Open the Cs150r directory and select the CATProduct that corresponds to the rule that you double-clicked, in this case BranchingRules. Click `Open` on the File Selection box and `OK` on the `Description Definition` box. The CATProduct will be associated with the rule and display in the Catalog Editor. The text file defining the rule must be stored within the CATProduct (using the `Duplicate in CATIA` option). The text file and the CATProduct should not have the same name. All rules shown in the image above must be associated. Make sure that all the CATProduct documents are loaded in memory. You can do that by using `File -> Desk.` Save the specification catalog (`XXXSpecifications-Resolved-EV.catalog`) in ENOVIA. The catalog is saved in ENOVIA along with all the rules (CATProduct documents) that it points to and the specification sub-catalogs (if there are any) that it points to.
	3.	You need to synchronize the queries defining the specification catalog, using the master parts catalog. Since queries may have pointed to a file-based master catalog, synchronizing them points them to the catalog in session, which in this case is in ENOVIA. If your queries already point to a catalog in ENOVIA, you do not need to take this step. (Click here to learn how to define and resolve queries.) Send the master parts catalog (`XXXParts-Resolved.catalog`) from ENOVIA to CATIA. All sub-catalogs will be automatically loaded as well from ENOVIA. If the sub-catalogs are not loaded, you must load them using `File -> Desk.` Send the saved specification catalog (`XXXSpecifications-Resolved-EV.catalog`) to CATIA. Right click on the `Specification` chapter, and select `Synchronize All Sub-filters` in the drop down menu. The `Synchronize a Catalog` dialog box displays. Check the option `Select a Catalog in Session`. Click the `Browse` button - this displays the catalogs that are loaded in the session. Select the master parts catalog - in this example it is `PipingParts-Resolved.catalog`. Click `OK` to begin the synchronization process. A message will display when the process is complete. The specifications catalog has been created in ENOVIA.
	Take the following step to make sure that the specification sub-catalogs are resolved. Select the query (select the part family and click the `Generative Data` tab) and you should see the result of the query in the form of descriptions listed in the bottom half of the `Result` pane. The status of the query should say `Applied`. The image below shows part of the `Result` pane from the catalog editor, with the query highlighted and some of the resulting parts displayed.
	4.	You can also use the process given above to synchronize one sub-catalog, instead of the entire specifications catalog, as described above. To synchronize one sub-catalog: Open the sub-catalog you want to synchronize. It should have been saved in ENOVIA previously. Open the parts catalog that contains the parts that the specifications catalog points to. This can be the master parts catalog or a sub-catalog. Right click on the specification sub-catalog and select `Synchronize All Sub-filters` in the drop down menu, as shown in Step 3 above. In the `Synchronize a Catalog` dialog box, use the Browse button to open parts catalog or sub-catalog. This catalog should have been loaded from ENOVIA. Make sure that the filter is applied and the descriptions are associated to the defined filter. Save the specifications sub-catalog in ENOVIA. To verify that the synchronization is successful, follow the steps described in the Informational entry above.