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    How To Rename A Pipe Catalog in Civil 3d

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    The document describes steps for creating a customized pipe and structure catalog in Autodesk Civil 3D by copying and modifying an existing catalog. It instructs the user to copy the imperial pipe and structure folders to a new network location, rename the files and folders to match the new catalog name, and edit the .htm and .apc files to replace references to the original catalog. This process allows customized catalogs to be created while reusing the existing content as a foundation.

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    The document describes steps for creating a customized pipe and structure catalog in Autodesk Civil 3D by copying and modifying an existing catalog. It instructs the user to copy the imperial pipe and structure folders to a new network location, rename the files and folders to match the new catalog name, and edit the .htm and .apc files to replace references to the original catalog. This process allows customized catalogs to be created while reusing the existing content as a foundation.

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    The document describes steps for creating a customized pipe and structure catalog in Autodesk Civil 3D by copying and modifying an existing catalog. It instructs the user to copy the imperial pipe and structure folders to a new network location, rename the files and folders to match the new catalog name, and edit the .htm and .apc files to replace references to the original catalog. This process allows customized catalogs to be created while reusing the existing content as a foundation.

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    How To Rename A Pipe Catalog in Civil 3d

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    The document describes steps for creating a customized pipe and structure catalog in Autodesk Civil 3D by copying and modifying an existing catalog. It instructs the user to copy the imperial pipe and structure folders to a new network location, rename the files and folders to match the new catalog name, and edit the .htm and .apc files to replace references to the original catalog. This process allows customized catalogs to be created while reusing the existing content as a foundation.

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    The article describes how to reuse an existing Civil 3D part catalog as a template to create new customized catalogs for specific regions or agencies. The existing catalog folders and files need to be copied and renamed before custom parts can be added in Part Builder.

    An existing part catalog folder can be copied and the copies renamed to create the foundation for new customized catalogs. The folder and file names need to match the new catalog names.

    The steps described are to copy the existing pipe and structure folders, rename the copies, then rename the .apc and .htm files and replace the old folder paths within those files to match the new names.

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


    Aunts chocolate chip cookie recipe
    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.

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    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

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    Step 6 Edit the .apc file in both folders. We need to replace the old folder name in 3 spots, see
    below;

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    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

    2 Part Civil 3D Webinar: PART BUILDER: REVOLUTIONS


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