How To Rename A Pipe Catalog in Civil 3d

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For those folks wanting to create your own part catalog to use with Civil 3D, youre out of luck. You
cant create one from scratch. But, you CAN re-use the existing part catalog as a foundation. Read
on die-hard XML chefs.
BY default, the Pipes catalog lives @ C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application

Data\Autodesk\C3D <version>\enu\Pipes Catalog. If you peak in that folder, you get this:
This may also be in a network location; the path is set from the Pipes menu using
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Once in the parent folder, you will see folders for metric pipes and structures and imperial pipes and
structures. We will use the appropriate set as our basis. For this example, well use imperial.
NOTE: custom files and folders should live in a network location so that all team
members can have access to the content. Otherwise, your efforts will be for nothing.
Step 1 Select the pipe and structure folder, right click and choose copy.
Step 2 Right click in the parent folder and choose paste. You should now see 2 new folders that
have been prefixed with Copy of .
Step 3 Rename them to something appropriate like Microsol Imperial Pipes and Microsol Imperial
Structures. The exact names are important, so choose wisely.
Step 4 Go into the 2 new folders and look for files that end with .apc and .htm. The filenames
should match the original folder names. Rename them to match your new folder names. Do this in
both the pipes and structures folder.
Step 5 Edit the .htm file in both folders using anything but MS Word. I use Edit Pad myself.
Search the .htm file for var strCatalog. Its a variable in the .htm file that we need to adjust the
value to the new folder name
Step 6 Edit the .apc file in both folders. We need to replace the old folder name in 3 spots, see
below;
Thats it! You should now see these 2 new part catalogs in your list. Now you can edit these catalogs
in Part Builder to include region specific parts. Some people like to have one pipe catalog for all
their design needs, others like to have separate catalogs for government agencies, or different state
regulations. That way, you cant use the wrong part.
Creating and modifying parts in Part Builder though. is a discussion for another time. Actually,
we are doing a 2 part series on part builder this month, check it out!
2 Part Civil 3D Webinar: PART BUILDER: RELOADED

http://www.microsolresources.com/news/eventDetails.cfm?eventPkey=279
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http://www.microsolresources.com/news/eventDetails.cfm?eventPkey=280
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Creating a part catalog from scratch OR How to re-use your Aunts chocolate chip co...

Land Development Engineering

Posted by: Kevin | August 12, 2008

Creating a part catalog from scratch OR How to re-use your

BY default, the Pipes catalog lives @ C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application

2 Part Civil 3D Webinar: PART BUILDER: RELOADED

2 Part Civil 3D Webinar: PART BUILDER: REVOLUTIONS

Posted in Software | Tags: civil 3d, pipes, part builder

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2009 alignment AU AutoCAD autodesk benchmark civil 3d civil3d Civil 3D

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