I can't access my catalogues anymore how can I get them back?

Closed catalogs or the entire Catalog Browser

A recurring question to us at support is that you have accidentally closed your catalogs, sometimes the entire Catalog Browser (where you have blocks, cylinders, IC Mechanical, Sheet Metal etc.) in among a single catalog and in among ALL catalogs except the Catalog Browser. How do I open the catalogs again? It depends a bit on what has happened but below we list some different scenarios. Should none of the options work for you, be sure to read the full post and you'll know how to reset the program to default. At the end of the article we link to some other useful posts regarding catalogs.

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I have accidentally closed the Catalog Browser

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• Find a free field among the tool fields ( in this case we are under Feature- tab)
• Right-click on the free space as shown and right-click
• Then select on Catalog Browser
• Then the cataloguer will come up with

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TIPS. This also works in the 2D drawing environment (ICD)

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I see the catalogs browser but all the catalogs are gone and my explorer is empty

This is most likely to be encountered if you have opened a group/folder in the Starter catalog and don't know how to get back. Probably you have used Close- button at the catalog browser and pressed Close on all catalogs.
If this is the case, you should use the Back button in the future.
It is located at the bottom of the catalog browser to get back to the root of the catalog after you have been in a folder:

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Here's what it might look like if you had this error:

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To correct this error, do the following:

• Go to Common- tab
• Press Catalog Sets
• Bookmark Default Scene
• Then press Open
• Then look in the catalog browser and the catalogs will be open again

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I have accidentally closed one or more catalogs

If you have accidentally closed a single or a few different catalogs but not the whole catalogs browser(i.e. you still see other catalogs), do the following.

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• Click on Open at the directory explorer
• Then browse to where you have your catalogs or go to the default path for the directories which is: C:\Program Files\IronCAD \2023\AppData\en-us\Catalogs\Scene
• Then scroll down the list and select the one(s) (hold down CTRL on the keyboard to select several at once) then press Open

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TIPS. For the 2D drawing (ICD), choose this path instead of catalogs:

C:\Program Files\IronCAD\2023\AppData\en-us\Catalogs\Drawing

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I see a few catalogs but far from all. How do I access the standard set of catalogs?

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• Go to Common- tab
• Press Catalog Sets
• Bookmark Default Scene
• Then press Open
• Then look in the catalog browser and the catalogs will be open again

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TIPS. For the 2D drawing (ICD), choose Default Drawing instead

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I can no longer access the IC Mechanical catalogs (screws, nuts, beams, face to DXF, etc.)

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• Go to Common- tab
• Press Catalog Sets
• Bookmark ICMech Catalogs
• Then press Open
• Then look in the catalog browser and the catalogs will be open again

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Alternative way to open the IC Mechanical catalogs

Here's how to open your IC Mechanical catalogs.

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• Click on Open at the directory explorer
• Then browse to: C:\Program Files\IronCAD \ IronCAD Mechanical \Catalogs
• Followed by Open

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TIPS. The catalog ICM Add-on contains all the functions of ICM in one catalog and subdivided into folders. Perfect if you don't want a bunch of separate catalogs.

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I've tried everything above but it still doesn't work

From 2023 onwards

If you tried some of the steps above and you still have problems, you can reset the interface.

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• Find a free field among the tool fields ( in this case we are under Feature- tab)
• Right-click on the free space as shown and right-click
• Then select on Reset UI
• Then press Ok on the box that appears stating that IRONCAD needs to be closed
• After the interface has been reset, select the same steps above again.

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From 2022 onwards

By deleting a certain set of XML files, you can restore the interface (icons, menus) of IRONCAD.

Do this:

Close IRONCAD.

Start Windows The Explorer (file explorer).

Select the address field in the top left corner and delete all information. Then type %appdata%.

This opens a folder containing various folders and files associated with your unique Windows login. Browse through the folders IronCAD, IRONCAD, "version number", en-us and finally the folder Customization.

Select all XML files and delete them. IRONCAD will now be restored to "original state" the next time it is started and the files will reappear in the same folder the next time IRONCAD is closed.

Then restart IRONCAD .

Tip: If you know that the XML files work as you want and intended, you can easily zip them down to be able to restore them to a given state if needed.

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Tips on other posts regarding catalogues

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Open more catalogues in IRONCAD

With the complete installation file for IronCAD DCS coming from Solidmakarna, a number of extra and very useful catalogs are included, in addition to those opened by default. Read this post to learn about these:

Open more catalogues in IRONCAD

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PROCatalogSet - manage your catalogues easily

Read this post to manage your catalogs more smoothly:

PROCatalogSet - manage your catalogues easily