You can enable the Web Catalog Browser if you are using Design Live. You will be able to navigate through the manufacturer's catalogs installed, search for items, and get images of these items.
To enable the Web Catalog Browser:
- Click on File.
- Click on Preferences.
- Click on Catalogs.
- Select the option Enable Web Catalog Browser.
You must restart Design Live for the preferences to take effect.
Having restarted Design Live, access the Web Catalog Browser by clicking on the VIEW ribbon and click on the Catalog Browser icon.
Using the Web Catalog Browser
- Click on a category and sub-category if applicable, then click an item.
- To see more details, such as prices, scroll across and click the View button.
- To place the item, scroll across and click the Select button, then place the item on your drawing by clicking on the floor plan and, whilst holding the left mouse button down, drag the item to where you want it located and click again to place it.
- To select another category in the same catalog, click the Home button. This will take you back to the home page of the catalog.
- To choose another catalog, click on the Catalogs button.
- To return to a previously selected category or sub-category, click on it in the upper part of the dialog, under the buttons.
- To select another item by user code, click the Search button, type the user code of the desired item and click OK or press ENTER.
Note: the search button only appears once a catalog has been selected. - To exit the Catalog Browser, click the x button at the top right of the window.