How do I upload parts to the catalogue?

Thanks for posting on the forum.

It is done automatically, as long as the user has agreed to the Community Catalogue Terms of Use, and a part fulfills the following criteria:

- Has a description

- Has a manufacturer

- Has a layout view (except for some classes for which layout views don't make sense, such as a cable, for example)

- Has an image defined if no layout is defined.

Any part that fulfills this criteria will be automatically packaged and uploaded to the server provided that it has not been saved in the last 5 days. (Most parts are modified often after their creation, thus waiting for 5 days assumes the user considers the part to be complete.)

And how do I agree?
If you try and download a part and have not yet agreed to the terms of use, you will be prompted to do so.
Another method is to go to the View my profile section of your SkyCAD profile and click on Community Catalogue License.

And what happens with manually created fields?
Manually created properties (such as internal part-number, for example) will only be included if the property was created on the exact class of the part.
For example, any property created at the ‘Component’ class level will not get exported to the online catalogue.

I really think for European customers it would be very usefull to implement an EAN code by default. This is the unique barcode, and is always the right product. I think it should be added by default, it is a real pity if this number gets lost.
Thanks for your suggestion. We'll give it some thought.

How can I see files are uploaded? Is there a way of monitoring this process?
The only way is to search for it on the online parts catalogue.
Just so we understand the reason for this question, why would you want to check if your files are uploaded?
Did you want to share them with colleagues/coworkers?

If you want to share a part with someone, without sharing your entire environment (which is the usual way), you can do so without the online parts catalogue.

1. Open the catalogue part via Create/Add tab or Catalogue Tools tab
2. Select it in the tree view
3. Go to the Export tab and choose Package <ClassName> for deployment. This will create the package file manually.
4. Send that package file to the person you want to share it with
5. Ask them to open the package file in SkyCAD by double-clicking on it
6. Select it in the tree view, go to the Import tab and select Import <ClassName> into Standard Environment
7. Close the part (which is still only the package) in the tree view