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The Content center library in AutoCAD Mechanical contains hundreds thousands of standard parts. If you need to add to or edit the default sizes offered by AutoCAD, you can modify the content library.

Run the AMCONTENTMANAGER command (ribbon Content > Library > Content manager) and in the "Standard content" tree go to the selected standard parts - e.g. DIN > Steel profiles > U-Shapes > DIN 1026-2: 2002 > Top. In the toolbar of the "Content Manager" dialog, click on the "Edit content" button (that with a pencil) - this runs the AutoCAD block editor. In the ribbon, choose the "Content table" icon (AMCTABLE) and display the table of parameters for the individual profiles. Change it as neccessary or import a table from Excel.

The "Parameters manager" can edit the expressions influencing the part geometry.

Exit the block editor with saving changes. We recommend to save the changed content as a separate "User content" (the AMCSAVEAS command).

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this tip shared by ARKANCE experts applies to: AutoCAD Mechanical 2011 · AutoCAD Mechanical 2010 ·

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