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Understanding the Content Browser

The Content Browser is a library of tool catalogs containing tools, tool palettes, and tool packages. You can publish
catalogs so that multiple users have access to standard tools for projects.
Tool Catalogs and Websites
AutoCAD Architecture 2008 tools and content are shared in the Content Browser using tool catalogs and websites. A
tool catalog can contain one or more of the following items:
Tools: For example, you might select a tool to create a customized wall used throughout a building project.
Tool palettes: These contain tools used to support a particular workflow or task. For example, a tool palette may
contain a set of annotation tools used in a project, or a set of tools to draw each type of door used in a project. A
tool palette is treated as a single object.
Tool packages: These are collections of tools that users can select and use. For example, a tool package may contain
a set of productivity tools and utilities.
A single copy of a tool catalog can be shared among users on your local area network. If tools in the catalog are updated,
you have immediate access to the latest version of the tools.
Websites containing AutoCAD Architecture tools, and content that you can download using i-drop
also function as tool catalogs.
Several tool catalogs are provided with AutoCAD Architecture, and you can create additional catalogs of your own.
Catalog Libraries
Tool catalogs are organized into catalog libraries, and each AutoCAD Architecture user has a personal catalog library.
Tool catalog data is not stored in the catalog library. Rather, the catalog library contains pointers to the physical tool
catalogs. It is like the card catalog in a real library—it tells you where to find a book, but it does not contain the book
itself.
You can sort the catalogs in the library by Last Used, Publisher, Title, or Type. You can filter the list of catalogs by Type.
You cannot create additional catalog libraries, but you can open catalog libraries created by other users if you are
authorized to do so.
Tool Catalogs Supplied with AutoCAD Architecture
The following tool catalogs are supplied with your personal catalog library:
Catalog Name
Design Tool Catalog - Imperial
Design Tool Catalog - Metric
Documentation Tool Catalog - Imperial
Documentation Tool Catalog - Metric
My Tool Catalog
Render Material Catalog
Sample Palette Catalog - Imperial
Sample Palette Catalog - Metric
Stock Tool Catalog
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Contents
Content tools in imperial units for design and documentation of
multi-view blocks and symbols.
Content tools in metric units for design and documentation of multi-
view blocks and symbols.
Content tools in imperial units for annotation and documentation.
Content tools in metric units for annotation and documentation.
An empty tool catalog provided so that you can create your own
tool set.
Architectural render materials for use with AutoCAD Architecture.
A sampling of tools in imperial units for objects such as doors, walls,
and windows.
A sampling of tools in metric units for objects such as doors, walls,
and windows.
A catalog that contains the standard stock tools in AutoCAD
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