Managing plug-in object style catalogs
While default manufacturer product information cannot be directly edited, custom products can be added to plug-in object catalogs and edited.
Custom catalog data allows data to be specified generically without indicating a manufacturer, which is important for certain types of public projects.
While in the plug-in object style catalog (see Selecting catalog items for plug-in object styles), do one of the following:
To create a custom version of a catalog item for use only in this style, click Custom Catalog Item. When first creating a custom item, the Catalog Item Edit dialog box opens immediately; if a custom item is already defined, click Edit Custom Item to open the dialog box. Parameter values set by clicking here are used by the plug-in object for this style but are not saved to the catalog. Only one custom item can exist at a time.
To add a new item to the catalog, click Add (parameter fields are blank) or select an existing item from the catalog list and click Duplicate (parameter fields are populated with the values of the item selected for duplication). The item is saved to the catalog file in the user folder, not added to the manufacturer defaults.
To edit the parameters of an item that was added to the catalog, select the item from the catalog list and click Edit (default manufacturer’s data cannot be edited).
The Catalog Item Edit dialog box opens.
Enter or edit the product parameters. For plug-in object types with many parameters, they may be divided among multiple tabs to prevent a long scroll list.
If required parameter values are missing from the new or edited product, an alert opens, describing the missing data, and the Catalog Item Edit dialog box reopens so that the required values can be added.
