OpenBuildings™ Station Designer Help

Associate New DataGroup Definitions with Catalog Types

This part of the process associates catalog types, previously created in the Catalog Editor, with definition property groups and properties (also previously created in the Definition Editor).
  1. Select ( Catalog Editor ).
  2. In the Catalog Editor, select > Show Catalog Types.

    The catalog tree displays the catalog types.

  3. With the newly created Refrigerators catalog type selected in the Catalog Editor, select right-click > Properties.

    The Catalog Type Definition dialog opens. It displays the settings that were set during the creation of the Refrigerators catalog type.



  4. In the Definition settings group, select the following definitions (xsd) from the Available Definitions list and move them in the Selected Definitions list:
    • Appliances
    • Refrigerators
    • ParaDef
    This can be done in a different ways:

    Scroll to highlight a definition in the Available Definitions list and double-click; repeat the same for all three.

    or

    Select a definition and click ; repeat the same for all three.

    or

    Scroll and using the <Ctrl> key select above three definitions and click once.

    The selected definitions are now associated with the currently selected catalog type.

    Any number of definitions (.xsd files) can be attached to, and associated with, a catalog type.

  5. Click OK to apply the selected definitions to the selected catalog type and to close the dialog.

    You are returned to the Catalog Editor.

  6. Select > Show Catalog Items.

    You will see the new Catalog Item.

The Catalog Editor should remain open to continue with the next tutorial task.