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title: Uploading Genieko Network Catalog on A Machine
description: "# **Default Network Catalog** Network catalogs are machine-level settings. By default, Civil 3D **employs the Default Metric Pipe and Structure Catalog** at the machine level- so any drawings open on a machine will automatically refer to the default Civil 3D…"
url: "https://mes100.com/docs/uploading-genieko-network-catalog-on-a-machine/"
updated: "2026-08-13"
category: "MCIntegrator-Genabler / General"
tags:
  - BIM
---

# Uploading Genieko Network Catalog on A Machine

# **Default Network Catalog**

Network catalogs are machine-level settings. By default, Civil 3D **employs the Default Metric Pipe and Structure Catalog** at the machine level- so any drawings open on a machine will automatically refer to the default Civil 3D **catalog's path for its library files**, even if the design was initially created with a different catalog.

While installing Genabler does add the dedicated Genieko library files to the machine's hard drive, it *does not automatically redirect Civil 3D to the new Genieko path*.

To enable the Genieko network catalog, users must **manually set the path** by following the guide provided below.

# **How to upload the Genieko Catalog?**

## **Step 1:**

- Open a drawing file in Autodesk Civil 3D; it can be an existing or a new file.

- Go to the Genabler tab- If the tab is missing, please refer to the guideline **[here](https://mes100.com/docs/genabler-troubleshooting-guideline/)**.

![](https://i0.wp.com/mes100.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/image4.png?resize=1024%2C135&ssl=1)

## **Step 2:**

- Navigate to the Gravity Catalog section.

- The current catalog employed is the Default catalog, as shown in the image below.

![](https://i0.wp.com/mes100.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/image1.png?resize=1024%2C135&ssl=1)

![](https://i0.wp.com/mes100.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/image5.png?resize=1024%2C526&ssl=1)

## **Step 3:**

- Under the Gravity Catalog Section, click on the 'Default Catalog' button.

- The software will throw an AutoCAD Message, "*Genabler catalogs is not active. Restart for it to take effect*".

![](https://i0.wp.com/mes100.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/image2.png?resize=1024%2C551&ssl=1)

- Click OK. Under the Gravity Catalog section, the catalog button has been activated to **Genabler Catalog**.

![](https://i0.wp.com/mes100.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/image3.png?resize=1024%2C113&ssl=1)

**Note:** The current 'Genabler Catalog' has not yet taken effect. Restarting the application is required as per the AutoCAD message above.

## **Step 4:**

- Close the Autodesk Civil 3D application.

- Relaunch the application. Open any drawing file and the Genieko Catalog has taken effect.

# **Related Article:**

[How to check the pipe network catalog employed on your machine?](https://mes100.com/docs/how-to-check-the-pipe-network-catalog-employed/)

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