Setting up Inventor project in Vault

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Transcript

00:06

The purpose of this video is to show how to

00:09

set up an Inventor project file for use with Vault.

00:12

Vault uses an Inventor project file to store the

00:15

paths to folder where your design data are located.

00:19

In the Inventor application,

00:21

let's create a new project file.

00:25

In the settings in the project dialog box,

00:27

click on new to start with creating a new project file.

00:31

Select New Vault Project.

00:33

Click next.

00:35

Provide a meaningful project name.

00:40

I'll go with Vault project.

00:44

For the workspace folder,

00:45

it is important that

00:47

you specify

00:49

the Vault working folder.

00:59

I have specified my Vault working folder path here as Inventor project path.

01:05

Click finish.

01:12

I had a workspace

01:18

I have created a folder called Designs,

01:21

which is my workspace.

01:23

You can call the Designs folder as workspace as well.

01:34

You can change the templates folder path,

01:37

design data folder path,

01:38

presets,

01:38

and content center files folder path

01:41

as required.

01:47

Click save and done.

01:50

The Vault project is now created.

01:52

The next step is to

01:54

01:58

click on access,

01:60

click map folders.

02:02

It is very important

02:04

to map your local working folder paths to your

02:07

Vault folder path using the Inventor project file.

02:13

I'll choose

02:14

the Vault root folder as my project root.

02:18

This is why we created a workspace folder.

02:22

Specify the content center folder involved

02:25

as the Content Center path.

02:28

You can also specify

02:30

the template and design data folder.

02:40

You will specify

02:41

a new design data folder within Vault.

02:48

Click OK.

02:55

You can see that as part of this project file

02:57

now when we try to open the file from Inventor,

03:01

it is

03:02

looking at the Vault working folder.

Video transcript

00:06

The purpose of this video is to show how to

00:09

set up an Inventor project file for use with Vault.

00:12

Vault uses an Inventor project file to store the

00:15

paths to folder where your design data are located.

00:19

In the Inventor application,

00:21

let's create a new project file.

00:25

In the settings in the project dialog box,

00:27

click on new to start with creating a new project file.

00:31

Select New Vault Project.

00:33

Click next.

00:35

Provide a meaningful project name.

00:40

I'll go with Vault project.

00:44

For the workspace folder,

00:45

it is important that

00:47

you specify

00:49

the Vault working folder.

00:59

I have specified my Vault working folder path here as Inventor project path.

01:05

Click finish.

01:12

I had a workspace

01:18

I have created a folder called Designs,

01:21

which is my workspace.

01:23

You can call the Designs folder as workspace as well.

01:34

You can change the templates folder path,

01:37

design data folder path,

01:38

presets,

01:38

and content center files folder path

01:41

as required.

01:47

Click save and done.

01:50

The Vault project is now created.

01:52

The next step is to

01:54

01:58

click on access,

01:60

click map folders.

02:02

It is very important

02:04

to map your local working folder paths to your

02:07

Vault folder path using the Inventor project file.

02:13

I'll choose

02:14

the Vault root folder as my project root.

02:18

This is why we created a workspace folder.

02:22

Specify the content center folder involved

02:25

as the Content Center path.

02:28

You can also specify

02:30

the template and design data folder.

02:40

You will specify

02:41

a new design data folder within Vault.

02:48

Click OK.

02:55

You can see that as part of this project file

02:57

now when we try to open the file from Inventor,

03:01

it is

03:02

looking at the Vault working folder.

To create Vault project - Exercise

Select File > Manage > Projects.
In the Projects dialog, click New.
In the Project wizard, select New Vault Project.
Name the project and specify the project location.
Select existing libraries, add them to the project, and then click Finish.
In the Project Editor window, click the expand button next to "Workspace", then click twice to edit the location of the Workspace folder and type "\Designs". Then click again, to finish editing.
In the same way, expand "Folder Options" and edit the "Content Center Files" option to read ".\Content Center Files".

Note: typing ".\" instructs Inventor to use a path that is relative to the project file. This means that the project file could be located anywhere on a user's machine, but it will always look in a subfolder called "Content Center Files".
"Save" the changes that have been made to the Project file and exit the Inventor Project Editor.
Click Save to save the project file, and then click Cancel to close the dialog box.

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