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We could easily rename files in Vault. In fact, Vault has its own Renaming Wizard wherein we would just add the files that we want to rename. Also, related files that will be affected by this operation will be repaired. However, we should remember this:

Vault would not rename files in the local workspace

Thus, if we’re going to rename a file in Vault, make sure that:

1. The files that will be affected by the file rename are all checked in the Vault.

And in order to avoid dependency problems when opening (an assembly for example) a file:

1. Make sure that your local workspace is empty.
2. Get entire folder for that particular project.

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In order to execute an online collaboration through the Project Freewheel website, AutoCAD, Inventor and Revit users must download the Project Freewheel 2D/3D Share Now utility. After installing the utility, a Share Now function will be added to the File Menu of your CAD client (AutoCAD, Inventor, or Revit). (more…)

After I installed the Autodesk Data Management Server 5 Service Pack 1, I tried accessing the Vault Manager. It popped up an error message with provisions for putting the username and password. The error message is about the impersonation message.

In order to solve this problem, right click on My Computer then select Properties. Click on the Computer Name tab. Copy the full computer name. Thus, if it is a member of a domain, include the domain.

Login as [full computer name]/AutodeskVault then leave the password at its default. You may refer to the discussion here.

Have you ever tried copying from an AutoCAD 2008 environment to the Autodesk Inventor part environment? If so, did you get the same dimensions? Just this morning, a customer called me for assistance regarding this one. This is actually not a bug.

So what shall you do?

Before doing a copy paste from AutoCAD to Inventor, type in the AutoCAD command line:

units

Then, if the default units in your part environment is in mm, then specify the units as mm.

Before, we all have to select one edge at a time to create a flange in Autodesk Inventor. Now, we could create the flanges by selecting a loop. Of course, one benefit of this is that our sheet metal creation is faster. (more…)

You may now choose from different Flat pattern Punch Representation styles in Autodesk Inventor 2008. The options to choose from are: Formed Punch Feature, 2D sketch representation, 2D sketch rep and center mark, and center mark only. (more…)

Easily switch from New dialog box to Open dialog box and vice versa in Autodesk Inventor 2008. Thus, forget all about clicking File>Open if you are in the New dialog box or vice versa.

Migrating from Autodesk Inventor 11 to Autodesk Inventor 2008 was quite a challenging one for me. I have to uninstall to uninstall ADMS 5, Vault 5 and Inventor 11 content center because they’re not compatible with Inventor 2008.

Suggested Deployment procedures
First, you should backup Vault.

Uninstall the following:
- Autodesk Inventor 11
- MDT 2007
- ADMS 5
- Vault 5
- IV 11 Content Center

Then, install the following:
- Autodesk Inventor 2008
- MDT 2008
- ADMS 2008
- Content Center
- Vault 2008

And if you still want to use the old content center, just restore the backup.

Make sure that you comply with the graphics and systems requirements. More information can be found here.

You’ll notice in the new Autodesk Inventor 2008 that the pin icon is not being shown anymore in the dialog box. The pin icon in the previous releases of Inventor is used to roll up the dialog box so that you do not have to move the dialog box somewhere in the screen to be able to work conveniently. In Inventor 2008, you’ll just have to right click in the top bar of the dialog box and select auto-hide. Click here to view the screenshot.

Tip via Autodesk Manufacturing Community

I’ve been using Autodesk Inventor 11 for the past months and I had an observation that the Content Center seems to be slow even after installing SP1. Just download this hotfix and install it. After downloading it, you will find two files there. The other one is only to be used after the DWF Extension for Inventor R11 is installed and the other one is installed after SP1. You also might want to download the DWF Extension which is available for download to subscribers only so that you could output JT files and output your assembly files directly in STL format.