Hi John,

You can use the Edit Symbols mode to add anything you want to the symbols for a User Defined Product (UDP). The movie "Adding New Products" might be useful.

With regard to the specific task of incorporating DWG content in a UDP symbol, these are the general steps:

1) Create the UDP as normal.

2) Use File | Import to import the DWG file. Since the initial state of the objects in the imported DWG will be that they are grouped, you will probably want to Ungroup so that you can select the parts of the file you want, then Copy.

3) Return to one of the drawing tabs in your project that shows the UDP in the Product Browser, e.g. a Block Schematic drawing. Rightclick on the UDP and select Edit Symbols

4) Go to the symbol tab that you want and paste in the objects copied from the imported DWG

5) When you have completed your changes, click on the 'X' top right of the symbol editor to close Symbol Editing mode. Be sure to save changes.

I hope this is helpful.

Kind regards,
Rob Robinson
Stardraw.com