Ok, I blew it. I recently had a fight with my domain server, and lost. I ended up renaming my computer to work around it. It’s never been a problem in the past. Well, at least I didn’t realize it was. ADMS is getting its content from an SQL server on a site. That site is my computer, and when renamed, it was lost. My entire ADMS and Vault was gone for all applications. Autodesk [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Inventor – 2010 The install that just won’t give in
Having trouble with Autodesk Inventor Installation? Check out some of my woes and recomendations, they just might thelp you out. ...Read the rest of this article...
Publish Content for Bolted Connection Part 4
Content Center Family Editing We need to change some settings in the Content Center Family just written. Navigate through he Content Center Editor to the new Family. Right Click, and select the Family Table option. The family parameters dialog will appear. The following are examples that I used, however you will undoubtedly have differences and variations at your company that need to be adopted. ...Read the rest of this article...
Publish Content for Bolted Connection Part 3
Content Center Category Review We need do some snooping. We need to know where we are publishing the content. The Countersunk Bolts Category is our target. It would be ideal to publish our content to the sub category of ‘Wood Screws’ but alas, this cannot be. You see the Design Accelerator has a limitation (I’ve heard this before….limitations), in that it will not use content below a certain sub-category. The Bolted Connection Generator will [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Inventor – Publish Content for Bolted Connection Part 2
Back to Part 1 iPart iParts are method of creating Library Contents for similar parts. When you create an iPart, a table is placed in the part, that will contain the individual members of the library. These members are contained in rows of the table, with the key differences edited for each member. The table contains various fields that represent the parameters that shape the iPart members. The iPart members can have identical values as [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Inventor – Publish Content for Bolted Connection Part 1
Read the Introduction The first thing that needs to be completed is kind of the core to this process. Thread.xls Normally we would begin in an assembly file, but for this exercise we need to go mess around with Autodesk’s artwork. We need to edit the Thread.xls file. You see, the Bolted Connection Generator as well as everything else in Inventor derives it’s threads from this file. This file contains a beautiful collection of thread [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Publish Content for Bolted Connection
Everyone knows I love Design Accelerators, Content Center, User parameters, derived components…..Ok I just love Inventor. The Bolted Connection Generator is a fabulous tool. It creates a filter criteria using diameters found in the selected thread type. It then uses that to filter the Content Center selection to create a list of fasteners. The holes and recesses are created from geometry in the separate data. The list of possibilities however, has some limitations. I’d like [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Inventor – Part 1 of Create Read/Write Content Center Library
I wish to convey a fast work through to create a Read/Write Content Center Library. Later I may expand the information in more detail, however in the mean time, simply understand that the Content Center rides on a layer provided by the Autodesk Data Management Server (ADMS). Inventor should be logging into the server in the background. The Inventor Content Center is a Read Only Library. In order to create custom content, you will need [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Part 3 of New Frame Generator Parts
New Content Center Family As we continue our discussion, we need a New Content Center Family. We need this in order to add a shape with the correct material from the Style Library. There are a lot of discussions about the content center, and how to make a Read/Write Library. Later I will post one of my own, discussing the merits of a new one, however in the mean time simply understand that in order [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Part 2 of New Frame Generator Parts
Creating a new Material Style and adding it to the Project Style Library Our discussion will continue with the following: Project Style Library Use options Create a Material Style Saving Styles Add the Material Style to the Content Center Family Materials exist in the Materials Database, an XML file containing various materials for the purpose of calculating stress. These have nothing to do with the Material Styles you see in the workspace of inventor. Everything [...] ...Read the rest of this article...