Instantiating Group

Instantiate Group lets you instantiate a grouped item one or more times directly from the catalog browser.

To instantiate an item, perform the following steps.
OptionDescription
Mono-instantiate an item
  1. rom the Tools section of the action bar, click Catalog Browser.
  2. In the Catalog Browser dialog box, click More... to search a catalog.
  3. In the Object Selection dialog box, specify a name for your research, and then click Search.
  4. Select a catalog from the list and then click OK.
  5. Expand the catalog structure and select a chapter.
  6. Double-click a group from the list.
  7. Place the pointer anywhere in the active sketch to position the group instance.
  8. Click to validate and finalize the position of the Group instance.
Multi-instantiate an item
  1. Follow steps a through e in the above task for Mono-instantiate an item.
  2. Click Activate multi-usage to instantiate the group multiple times and then proceed with step f. To stop the multi-usage, click Deactivate multi-usage and press Esc.