Selecting catalog items for plug-in object styles

Plug-in object styles for some object types can be based on items from manufacturers’ catalogs. The catalog item can be specified when Creating plug-in object styles or, if the catalog parameter is set By Instance, when editing an instance of the styled plug-in object.

See Concept: Plug-in object styles and catalog items for a description of the interaction between plug-in object styles and plug-in object catalog items.

To select a plug-in object catalog item:

1.      Do one of the following:

       PIO_SelectFromCatalog.png Open the <Object> Style dialog box or Plug-in Object Style dialog box (if setting the plug-in object style) and click Select from Catalog.

       PIO_SelectFromCatalog00027.png Open the object’s Settings/Preferences/Properties dialog box (if the catalog item is set by instance) and click Select from Catalog.

       From the Object Info palette (if the catalog item is set by instance), click Select from Catalog.

By default, the catalog item is set by style, and the catalog item can be selected only from the <Object> Style dialog box or Plug-in Object Style dialog box.

The Catalog dialog box opens, and displays the name of the current catalog in the title bar.

2.Select the catalog item to use for the plug-in object style.

A static text string next to Select from Catalog describes the catalog item associated with the object.

 

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