This article explains the purpose of the Catalogue Manager and how to use it.

About

The Catalogue Manager organizes a list of all the manufacturers you previously downloaded from Notify. It is used inside the Commercial Interiors Library Extension to:

• activate and deactivate manufacturers
• activate and deactivate specific catalogs
• activate and deactivate Legacy Catalogs
• manage Price Zones

Opening the Catalogue Manager

To open the Catalogue Manager, follow these steps:

1. Select Commercial Interiors Library on the component tab.
2. Select Manager in the Catalogue section.

Using the Catalogue Manager

First Letter Shortcut

• Click on these letter shortcuts to quickly reference manufacturers from the list below.

Manufacturers

All your previously downloaded manufacturers from Notify will be listed here.

Bottom Action Bar

   Help: Click this button to navigate to the Commercial Interiors Library (CIL) section of the Help Center. Enter the topic in question for article resources.

  Manufacturer Notes: Click this button to navigate to the Notify > Manufacturer Notes section of the Help Center. Select the tile with the first letter of the Manufacturer's name to navigate to the provided update notes.

Activate All: Use this button to activate all your downloaded manufactures.

Deactivate All: Use this button to deactivate all your downloaded manufactures.

Cancel: Use this button to close out of the Catalogue Manager without Saving. 

Save: Use this button to Save you changes and close out of the Catalog Manager.

Top Action Bar (Advanced)

  Refresh: Use this button if the Catalogue Manager is open when a new manufacturer is downloaded.

Advanced View Toggle: Takes the user to a new view where individual manufacturer catalogs are activated and deactivated, all Catalogue or individual Catalogue Price Zones can be adjusted, and access to activate downloaded Legacy Catalogs.

Click on the Toggle button to return to the original view.

Adjust Price Zone: Select the correct Price Zone from the drop down menu located just above the Bottom Action Bar to adjust for the collection of Catalogues. To adjust the Price Zone for a single Catalogue, select the Catalogue line, left click on the Price Zone for that Catalogue, and select the Price Zone from the drop down.

Activate/Deactivate Legacy Catalogue: To access older Catalogue data, a Legacy Catalogue must be downloaded from Notify. To activate or deactivate the downloaded Legacy Catalogue:

1. Click the Legacy tab at the bottom of the Manufacturer Catalogue list
2. Check the box next to the Legacy Catalogue to activate
3. Click on the Current tab at the bottom of the Manufacturer Catalogue list
4. Deactivate the Current version of the same Catalogue as the Legacy (if they have the same Catalogue Code) 

Activating a Manufacturer

To use a manufacturer's catalogs and symbols in CET Commercial Interiors, the manufacturer must be activated.

Activate will "turn on" a specific manufacturer or catalog to be used in your drawing.

• An activated manufacturer will be indicated with a blue checkmark.

Deactivate will "turn off" a specific manufacturer or catalog from being used in your drawing.

• A deactivated manufacturer will be indicated without a blue checkmark.

• Click on a manufacturer's tile to activate or deactivate.