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CADWorx Catalog creation

1. Open up the CADWorx Catalog and Specification Editor. Click the File dropdown and click
New Catalog as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1 – CADWorx 2015 Catalog and Specification Editor: File Dropdow

2. As shown in Figure 2, the New Catalog dialog window has six categories that need to be
filled out.

 Name: Specify a name for the Catalog.


 Type: Choose between Company, Industry, and Global Catalog. Global Catalog should
typically be chosen.
 Base Catalog: It is not necessary to select a base catalog because a new one will be
created from scratch.
 Description: A description for the Catalog is optional.
 Location: Specify the location of where the Catalog will be stored.
 Units: Choose between English/Inch, Metric/Inch, or Metric/Metric

Figure 2 – CADWorx 2015 Catalog and Specification Editor: New Catalog Dialog
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3. Once everything has been selected in Figure 2, press OK.

4. Once the New Catalog has been created, click the Catalog Data button located on the
Ribbon below in Figure 3. This will open the Transfer Catalog Data dialog window and an
automatic prompt will pop up asking “Would you like to use the current catalog for target?”.
Select Yes.

Figure 3 – CADWorx 2015 Catalog and Specification Editor: Transfer Catalog Button

5. As shown in Figure below, there will be two Directory Boxes at the top of the window: Target
and Source.

 Target will be filled out automatically because of the “yes” selection at the autoprompt.
 Source is empty so it need’s to be specified and the out-of-the-box CADWorx catalog will
be used here. (See Source Directory in the image below for CADWorx Catalog location.)

Figure 4 – CADWorx 2015 Catalog and Specificaton Editor: Transfer Catalog Dialog

Once the Source Catalog has been specified, both the Source and Target windows will be
filled with the Table Folders. Since the Target Catalog is brand new, there will be nothing in
any of the table folders. Expand the Table Folders that are required and select the tables
that will be used. In this situation, expand the Size, Material, Schedule, and Thickness
Folders and choose each table inside. Once selected, drag them over to the Target Catalog
(anywhere in rget window box), save the Target Catalog, and press close. (See Figure 4)
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6. Now click the Import by Spec button on the Ribbon. This will bring the Import CADWorx
Legacy Catalog from Spec File dialog window up. (See Figure 5)

Figure 5 – CADWorx 2015 Catalog and Specificaton Editor: Import Specification Button

7. There will be four Source locations that can be specified as shown in Figure 6:

 Specification File: This will be the legacy specification file that is to be used for the new
catalog that is being created.
 Library Folder: This is the folder where the legacy library folders are located that are to be
used for the new catalog that is being created.
 Topworks Folder: If there is any Topworks being imported then this is the location they will
be imported from. The default is the 2014 CADWorx Spec folder and does not need to
change if there aren’t any that need to be imported.
 DataBaseCodes File: If there are any Database Codes being imported then this is the
location they will be imported from but can be left blank if there aren’t any to be used.

Figure 6 – CADWorx 2015 Catalog and Specification Editor: Import Specifications Dialog

Once all Sources have been selected, check the Select / deselect all button in the bottom
right to select all the data files and then press the import button. If more specification files
CADWorx Catalog creation

are needed, browse one by one, select all the date files required and click the import button.
(See Figure 6)

8. Once all of the specification files that are required have been imported, press close. Save
the Catalog that has been created and that will be the last step in creating a new catalog.

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