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Define a secondary catalog lookup file for a project
You can use two catalog database files when working with an AutoCAD
Electrical project: the first file can contain the catalog information that you
commonly use, and the second file can contain the full list of catalog content
available with AutoCAD Electrical.
1 Copy the default_cat.mdb file and save it with a different name (such as
full_catalog.mdb).
2 Modify the original default_cat.mdb file to contain only the catalog
information that you commonly use. Save this file as default_cat.mdb.
3 In AutoCAD Electrical, right-click on the project name in the Project
Manager and select Properties.
4 On the Project Properties Project Settings dialog box, Catalog Lookup
File Preference section, click Other File.
5 On the Catalog Lookup File dialog box, select Optional: Define a
secondary catalog lookup file for this project.
6 Browse to and select the file you created in step 1 (full_catalog.mdb) and
click Open.
For each project you set up this file for, you only see the content from
your default_cat.mdb file in the Parts Catalog dialog box. For catalog
information that is in the full catalog database file (full_catalog.mdb),
click Secondary File on the Database drop-down on the Parts Catalog
dialog box. The Parts Catalog dialog box temporarily switches to the
secondary catalog lookup file.
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