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TRY IT: Author user parts
1 Open a custom iPart in Autodesk Inventor.
2 Click File Component Authoring.
3 Select the part category. The Category selection list displays the list of
available publishing categories. Once you select a Category, the graphics
and selection prompts change depending upon the Category of
component selected.
4 Create the iMates following the tooltips and graphical guide for the
specific component.
5 Move to the Parameter Mapping Tab where you map the parameters to
the related column name in the iPart table. Map all required parameters
in the list.
6 When authoring is successful, click OK.
7 Click the Publish Now button to start the Publish Part command.
8 Continue working with the Content Center Publish tool to publish parts
to the Content Center.
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