Wow, I'm really in trouble now. I've broken the laws of blogging and been MIA for a whole week. My last post was on my first day of leadership training, and I naively thought that I would have some time to keep you all up to date on what I was up to. Foolish thought indeed! Autodesk invests heavily in training it's employees and I experienced it first hand last week, from early in the morning until _very_ late at night.
It was a great experience and I met some fab people; if any of them are reading this all I can say is "GO SALT 'N PEPPA"!
TIP: Using Vault to support standard Inventor styles and templates
My good friend Brian Schanen was showing me how Autodesk Vault can be used to standardize a company's Inventor design data by Vaulting Styles and Templates. The Project file (.ipj) has provisions for a Styles folder and Templates folder that is Project specific and can be located in a subfolder of each user's workspace. Follow these easy steps to Vaulting your company's Design Data.
1. Create a folder called Styles in your workspace. Copy the Styles you are using or creating to this folder.
2. Check out the ipj and redirect the Styles Library under Folder Options. Set Use Styles Library = Yes.
3. Open Vault Explorer and drag --n- drop the entire Styles folder from Windows Explorer to the equivalent location in Vault Explorer. Repeat these steps for Inventor Template files.
4. Check the ipj back into Vault and have all users Get Latest version. Also have them Get Entire Folder of both the Styles and Templates folder, which will place it in their workspace. The new ipj will point to this location. The advantage of this scenario is, even though the Use Styles Library = Yes, it will be read-only to all because the files are checked into the Vault.
To update the users, simply have them Get Latest when they see the files out of date in Vault Explorer (red icon). Create a Label on the folder to establish a milestone and restore point for Styles and Templates.
A final thought for CAD Administrators: After vaulting the modified styles, consider keeping them checked out to you. This will leave the styles in a read-only state for the other users, yet allow you to modify at will
It was a great experience and I met some fab people; if any of them are reading this all I can say is "GO SALT 'N PEPPA"!
TIP: Using Vault to support standard Inventor styles and templates
My good friend Brian Schanen was showing me how Autodesk Vault can be used to standardize a company's Inventor design data by Vaulting Styles and Templates. The Project file (.ipj) has provisions for a Styles folder and Templates folder that is Project specific and can be located in a subfolder of each user's workspace. Follow these easy steps to Vaulting your company's Design Data.
1. Create a folder called Styles in your workspace. Copy the Styles you are using or creating to this folder.
2. Check out the ipj and redirect the Styles Library under Folder Options. Set Use Styles Library = Yes.
3. Open Vault Explorer and drag --n- drop the entire Styles folder from Windows Explorer to the equivalent location in Vault Explorer. Repeat these steps for Inventor Template files.
4. Check the ipj back into Vault and have all users Get Latest version. Also have them Get Entire Folder of both the Styles and Templates folder, which will place it in their workspace. The new ipj will point to this location. The advantage of this scenario is, even though the Use Styles Library = Yes, it will be read-only to all because the files are checked into the Vault.
To update the users, simply have them Get Latest when they see the files out of date in Vault Explorer (red icon). Create a Label on the folder to establish a milestone and restore point for Styles and Templates.
A final thought for CAD Administrators: After vaulting the modified styles, consider keeping them checked out to you. This will leave the styles in a read-only state for the other users, yet allow you to modify at will
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I've been looking for this information for about a week, couldn't seem to get a direct answer. I'll attempt this set-up with our style and template. Thanks very much for your technical knowledge.
AF
Posted by: Aaron Faulkner | 09/21/2006 at 09:57