Adding A Website To Your Catalog Library; Editing Tool Catalog Properties - Autodesk 24108-051400-9000 - AutoCAD Revit Architecture Suite 2008 User Manual

Adding a Website to Your Catalog Library

Use this procedure to add a website link to your catalog library. Links are useful for websites containing AutoCAD
Architecture 2008 tools and content that you can download using i-drop
You can also add a website link by dragging the URL from the Address bar of Internet Explorer into the Content Browser
window.
1 Click
2 Click
3 In the Add Catalog dialog box, select Add an existing catalog or website.
4 Enter the location of the website to link:
If you want to
link to a website on the Internet or on an intranet
link to a web page in an HTML file on your computer or on
your network
5 Click OK.
The link to the website is represented in the catalog library by a default graphic image, which you can change. For
information about changing this image and other Tool Catalog properties, see
page 90.
Opening Web Pages in the Content Browser
Use this procedure to open a web page through a website link in your catalog library.
TIP If you have any problem viewing a web page in the Content Browser window, try opening the page in Internet Explorer.
Move your pointer over the website link you want to open, and do one of the following:
If you want to
view the web page in the Content Browser window
view the web page in a new Content Browser window
view the web page in a new Internet Explorer window

Editing Tool Catalog Properties

Use this procedure to view and modify the properties of a tool catalog. If you have write access to the tool catalog, you
can select a different source file or target, and you can change the cover page.
1 With the catalog library open in the right pane of the Content Browser, right-click the desired tool catalog,
and click Properties.
90 | Chapter 3 Content Browser
to display the catalog library.
to create a catalog.
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technology.
Then
enter the URL of the website, including the http:// prefix.
TIP Here is the easiest way to specify a URL: 1. Open a web
browser, such as Internet Explorer. 2. Open the web page
you want to link to. 3. Copy the URL from your browser's
address bar. 4. Paste the URL into the Add Catalog dialog
box.
enter the file name, or click Browse and select the file you
want to link to.
Editing Tool Catalog
Then
click the link.
right-click the link, and click Open in New Window.
right-click the link, and click Open With Internet Explorer.
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