Thank you for downloading the content update for Rockwell Automation (Allen Bradley) manufacturer.

This readme contains the latest information regarding the installation and use of this update. It is strongly recommended that you read this entire document carefully before you apply this update to your product.

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Contents

• Affected Products
• Purpose of this Update
• Installation Instructions
• To Revert this Update

This update applies to the following product:

• Autodesk^® AutoCAD^® Electrical 2014

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This update installs new Allen Bradley content to AutoCAD Electrical 2014 existing content database.

Content includes :

• Catalog database
• Footprint lookup database
• Library Symbols
• PLC database

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You must have administrative privileges on your Microsoft Windows operating system to apply this update. It is also recommended that you reboot your system before applying this update.

1. Download one of the following files to a location on your local computer:
   • For 32-bit Operating systems: use "ACADE_2014_AB_Content_Update_x86.zip"
   • For 64-bit operating systems: use "ACADE_2014_AB_Content_Update_x64.zip"
2. Extract the zip file on some local drive folder. Following files must be present in the extracted folder.
• ImportCT.dll
• ZipTools.dll
• ZipToolsWrapper.dll
• Content.zip (No need to extract the zip file)

Important Note for Windows 8 users:

Right Click on ImportCT.dll, ZipTools.dll, ZipToolsWrapper.dll & Content.zip to invoke file properties. Click on "Unblock" button from file properties to enable these file as trusted source.

3. Invoke AutoCAD Electrical 2014.
4. Type command "Netload" on command prompt.
5. Select ImportCT.dll from the extracted folder and load.
6. Click on "Load" from "File Loading-Security Concern" dialog box.
7. Type "AEIMPORTCT" on command line and press enter.
8. Verify the target path of files & directory displayed in the dialog box. Change the path using browse option from the dialog box to locate installed file & symbol library locations, if displayed paths are incorrect.
9. Click on "Import" to import & merge new "Allen Bradley" content in existing installed databases.
10. Check the summary report for successful import procedure upon completion of import process.
11. This update creates a backup file of existing database before creating a new database with new content included.
12. Launch AutoCAD Electrical 2014 and start working with updated "Allen Bradley" content.

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1. Close AutoCAD Electrical 2014.
2. In the AutoCAD Electrical 2014 installation, delete default_cat.mdb, footprint_lookup.mdb from "..\Acade 2014\AeData\en-US\Catalog" & ace_plc.mdb from "..\Acade 2014\AeData\en-US\Plc" folder.
3. Rename default_cat_Bak.mdb to default_cat.mdb, footprint_lookup_Bak.mdb to footprint_lookup.mdb & ace_plc_Bak.mdb to ace_plc.mdb.
   • For Windows 7 & Windows 8 :
     • Catalog Database location : "C:\Users\{User Name}\Documents\Acade 2014\AeData\en-US\Catalog"
     • PLC Database location: "C:\Users\{User Name}\Documents\Acade 2014\AeData\en-US\Plc"
   • For Windows XP :
     • Catalog Database location : "C:\Documents and Settings\{User Name}\My Documents\Acade 2014\AeData\en-US\Catalog"
     • PLC Database location: "C:\Documents and Settings\{User Name}\My Documents\Acade 2014\AeData\en-US\Plc"

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