DesignCenter
Online provides access to pre-drawn content such as blocks, symbol
libraries, manufacturers' content, and online catalogs. This content can
be used in common design applications to assist you in creating
your drawings.
To access DesignCenter
Online, click the DC Online tab in DesignCenter. Once the DesignCenter
Online window is open, you can browse, search, and download content
to use in your drawing.
In the DesignCenter Online
window, two panes are displayed—a right pane and a left
pane. The right pane is called the content area.
The content area displays the items or folders that you selected
in the left pane. The left pane can display one of the following
four views:
- Category
Listing. Displays folders containing libraries of standard
parts, manufacturer-specific content, and content aggregator websites.
- Search. Searches
for online content. You can query items with Boolean and multiple-word
search strings.
- Settings. Controls
how many categories and items are displayed on each page in the
content area as a result of a search or folder navigation.
- Collections. Specifies the discipline-specific
content types that are displayed in DesignCenter Online.
You choose the view by
clicking the heading at the top of the left pane.
Once
you select a folder in the left pane, all of its content is loaded
into the content area. You can select an item in the content area
to load it into the preview area. Items can be downloaded by dragging
them from the preview area into your drawing or tool palette, or
by saving the items to your computer.
NoteIf the DC Online
tab is not available in DesignCenter and you want to access DesignCenter
Online, see your network or CAD administrator.
DesignCenter Online Privacy
DesignCenter
Online is an interactive feature that must be connected to the Internet
to deliver content and information. Each time DesignCenter Online is
connected, it sends information to Autodesk so that the correct
information can be returned. All information is sent anonymously
to maintain your privacy.
The following information
is sent to Autodesk:
- Product Name. The
name of the product in which you are using DesignCenter Online
- Product Release Number. The
version of the product
- Product Language. The
language version of your product
- Random Number Identifier. DesignCenter
Online assigns a random number identifier to each person who uses
the feature. This identifier is used to retain your Collections
and your Settings views each time DesignCenter Online is used.
Autodesk compiles statistics
using the information sent from DesignCenter Online to monitor how
it is being used and how it can be improved. Autodesk will maintain
information provided by or collected from you in accordance with
Autodesk's published privacy policy, which is available on http://www.autodesk.com/privacy.
Turn the DC Online Tab
On or Off
The CAD Manager Control utility turns the
DC Online tab in DesignCenter on and off. Information about how
to use the utility is available after you install the utility from
the Installation Wizard by running the utility and clicking Help
in the CAD Manager Control Utility window.
To install the CAD Manager
Control utility
- Insert the product
DVD, or the first CD, into your computer's drive.
- In the Installation
Wizard, click Install Tools And Utilities.
- On the Welcome to the
Installation wizard page, click Next.
- Choose Autodesk CAD
Manager Tools 4.0 on the Select the Products to Install page. Click
Next.
- Review the Autodesk software license
agreement for your country or region. You must accept this agreement
to procede with the installation. Choose your country or region,
click I Accept, and then click Next.
NoteIf you do not agree to the terms of the
license and wish to terminate the installation, click Cancel.
- On the Review - Configure - Install page,
click Install if you want to accept the default install location.
If you want the utility
installed in a different installation path, click Configure, set
the path and then click Configuration Complete and then Install.
- Click Finish when the Installation Complete
page is displayed.
CommandsADCENTER
Manages and inserts
content such as blocks, xrefs, and hatch patterns.
