The Mold Catalog Engine
The Mold Catalog Engine is specially created Creo Parametric functionality that builds an adaptive user interface (dialog box) that lets you create and modify standard solids using catalog objects and your own input.
The Catalog Engine works with any template model that follows the conventions for a catalog. No special user interface is needed to register a new catalog, and no user interface is needed to customize an existing catalog.
The Catalog Engine uses the following files:
• Menu file (catalog.mnu)—Specifies names for catalogs and paths to catalog objects or to another catalog.mnu file. Located in the pro_catalog_dir directory.
• Template solid file—Located in a directory specified in the catalog.mnu file.
• Layout files—Located in the directory specified in the catalog.mnu file. These files form a tree-like structure.