Create a User Defined Profile
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Activate the
(Place
Profile) tool settings and click the
(Edit Catalog
Item) icon in the Catalog tools
The Catalog Editor opens.
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While the
Profile type is selected in the tree,
or select
New
> New Catalog Type.
The Catalog Type Definition dialog opens.
- In the Settings group, override the default Type Name string NewCatalogType by keying-in a name UserDefinedProfileForm for the new catalog type. Also enter a suitable display name. Make sure the Destination settings File Name is the Profile.xml.
- In the Definition settings group, select Tool Template: Place Profile.
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Make sure the
Profile_Common (and
ProfileQuantities) is in Selected Definitions
column. Click OK to save to close the Catalog Type Definition dialog.
Note: You can have your own schema definitions established such as gutters, chair rails, wire molding, rail tracks, etc. and associated with catalog types.
The UserDefinedProfileForm type appears in the catalog items tree in catalog editor.
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Next, make sure
> Show Catalog Items is checked.
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Select the newly created catalog type and
or select
New > New Catalog Item.
The New Catalog Item dialog opens.
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Leave the destination path as is and in
Name key in the name
UserDefinedProfile, for the new catalog item. Make
sure the destination File Name is the
Profile.xml settings file. Click OK.
The New Catalog Item dialog closes, and the newly created catalog item appears under UserDefinedProfileForm type.
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Select
> Save in Catalog Editor dialog.
Close the Catalog Editor.
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Open the
Place Profile tool settings dialog and select
the
(Refresh Library) tool.
The new catalog type
UserDefinedProfileForm and catalog item
UserDefinedProfile are added to the Place Profile
tool settings.
