Creating your own parts library can be benificial, you will probably find that you use several parts frequenty. By putting the most frequently used parts in a seperate library you will save time by not having to search through long lists of parts to find what you need, also it is a good place to store parts that you create.

To create your own parts library follow the steps below:

1. Right click on the parts menu and select new
2. Choose a name and save your parts library in your student directory on the Z: drive (not on the local drive).

To add parts to your library, follow the steps below:

1. Right click on the library and choose maint.
2. Set the destination library to your library
3. Set the source library to the library you wish to copy from
4. Click on a part in the source and click copy, repeat for as many parts as you wish.
5. Click done when you are finished.

To later open your parts library, follow the steps below:

1. Right click on the Parts List Library window and select Open.
2. Browse to the path of your directory where you saved the parts list libary file *.clf.
3. Double click that file.