installing content catalog as admin

[vanderloo5]

I hope I'm posting this to the right forum. Please advise if I am incorrect.

I installed Autodesk Revit content catalog and when I launch it I get the message "Please contact your administrator to set up Content Catalog for you organization"

I seem to recall that when I downloaded it from my account website there were 2 options and one was download as administrator but I think I may have chose the other. Now I can't find where that download is, (If that is actually the problem).

I am the only one in my organization so I need to figure out how to be recognized as administrator.

Thank You

[javieroropeza08]

Have you set this up inside of the ACC? If you are admin, log in to your ACC, click on the admin settings, then library and you need to enable content catalog first, and once that is setup, you should see a default collection, with the choice to make more. Once that is done, you should be use it inside of revit. Here is a link to info on this from the cc page.

Provision Your Account in ACC | Content Catalog Knowledge Base (autodesk.com)

Alternatively, you can use it in the browser and it still works with revit. 

contentcatalog.autodesk.com

Since you are the only one in your org, you should be the primary admin. 

try going to https://manage.autodesk.com/

You should be able to see users on the left, click that. In that list you should see yourself as a primary admin

[vanderloo5]

I'm a little confused. As you can see by my attachments, I am unable to access the Content Catalog. So, when you ask- "Have you set this up inside of the ACC" I have no access to inside of the ACC? Are you able to clarify how I can be acknowledged as the admin?

I am the primary Administrator in my autodesk account.

Thank You

[barthbradley]

I don't understand what your are "launching". If you installed the Content Library on your computer as you say you have, then it doesn't need to be "launched" to use. It's simply a folder of folders of folders of files on the computer. Just go to C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\RVT 2025\Libraries\English-Imperial to access the folders/files.  

[vanderloo5]

Not the content library Bart.

Content Catalog is a new extension for organizing and sharing your project files and content. Being a solo operation it very well may not be something that is useful for me. But I was hoping to install and explore it to see what it can do.

[Simon_Weel]

I don't think it's of much use if you don't use ACC. This article explains what Content Catalog is etc. 10 Steps to Get Started with Content Catalog for Revit | BIM Pure Blog

[vanderloo5]

I think you're right Simon. I'm gonna move on.

It seems to be something to be used for project collaboration more than anything and That is not in my needs list.

[mjung]

Don't give up on the idea that it's only for ACC Projects. Yes, it's hosted in ACC, but you can insert content from it into any model you have open. 

[vanderloo5]

I did finally get it installed and will dig in when I have time.
Thank You

[Ric_Weber]

@vanderloo5 Content Catalog is only available if you have access to ACC Docs, either through AEC Collection or ACC Build or ACC Collaborate or Collaborate Pro or if you subscribe to Docs separately. If you have Docs, then you can use Content Catalog and you have access to ACC and as you are a sole operation, you would be the administrator. If you haven't used Docs yet, check into that as well as it is an excellent file transfer tool if nothing else with engineers that also use Docs. Part of Content Catalog is administrated through ACC so you'll have to get into there for that anyway.