Revision Table Author

[Shelby295]

For my the revision table, I use a couple of fields. The one i'm having problems with is the Author field. Within Inventors Tools/Application Options under the General Tab, my user name is my 3 letter initials. Once I pop in a Revision History Table on an IDW, it uses my full name or my Windows Login I.D. I BELIEVE this problem was fixed in 5.3, but it has came back to haunt me in 6.0 & 7.0. Is this something that has to be changed within the windows XP settings/user i.d. or can this be fixed within Inventor????? Thank You
Steve Harrity
Senior Mechanical Designer
Universal Dynamics, Inc.
A Company of MANN+HUMMEL ProTec
13600 Dabney Road
Woodbridge, VA 22191
703-490-6122 office
703-491-6898 fax
http://www.unadyn.com

[Anonymous]

i just double click on my name, then change it like that. -Joe

[Shelby295]

Same here Joe, it just gets frustrating when it did work
in earlier releases.

[Anonymous]

seems like the theme with IV7.

[Anonymous]

There is a setting under Application Options that lets you change username. When
you create a new part, it should use that as author.

--
Dave Jacquemotte
Automation Designer
www.autoconcorp.com



"Shelby295" wrote in message
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> For my the revision table, I use a couple of fields. The one i'm having
problems with is the Author field. Within Inventors Tools/Application Options
under the General Tab, my user name is my 3 letter initials. Once I pop in a
Revision History Table on an IDW, it uses my full name or my Windows Login I.D.
I BELIEVE this problem was fixed in 5.3, but it has came back to haunt me in 6.0
& 7.0. Is this something that has to be changed within the windows XP
settings/user i.d. or can this be fixed within Inventor????? Thank You
> Steve Harrity
> Senior Mechanical Designer
> Universal Dynamics, Inc.
> A Company of MANN+HUMMEL ProTec
> 13600 Dabney Road
> Woodbridge, VA 22191
> 703-490-6122 office
> 703-491-6898 fax
> http://www.unadyn.com

[Anonymous]

Crud...I missed the line where you said you tried this.

--
Dave Jacquemotte
Automation Designer
www.autoconcorp.com



"Dave Jacquemotte" wrote in message
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> There is a setting under Application Options that lets you change username.
When
> you create a new part, it should use that as author.
>
> --
> Dave Jacquemotte
> Automation Designer
> www.autoconcorp.com
>
>
>
> "Shelby295" wrote in message
> news:f17c66d.-1@WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > For my the revision table, I use a couple of fields. The one i'm having
> problems with is the Author field. Within Inventors Tools/Application Options
> under the General Tab, my user name is my 3 letter initials. Once I pop in a
> Revision History Table on an IDW, it uses my full name or my Windows Login
I.D.
> I BELIEVE this problem was fixed in 5.3, but it has came back to haunt me in
6.0
> & 7.0. Is this something that has to be changed within the windows XP
> settings/user i.d. or can this be fixed within Inventor????? Thank You
> > Steve Harrity
> > Senior Mechanical Designer
> > Universal Dynamics, Inc.
> > A Company of MANN+HUMMEL ProTec
> > 13600 Dabney Road
> > Woodbridge, VA 22191
> > 703-490-6122 office
> > 703-491-6898 fax
> > http://www.unadyn.com
>
>

[Shelby295]

Dave, I think you caught your mistake. My 3 initials ARE under the Application Options, but my user name within XP is different the my initials within Inventor. The problem is within the revision block author column. Its currently using what is in XP. Our network guy is not changing my username anytime soon.

Lets look at I-properties within a template titleblock IDW. I use the Author I-Properties. This setting is controlled within the Application Options General Tab. Now look at the Revision Author tab, THIS setting is NOT controlled from within INVENTOR. Its controlled from WIN XP. This is the problem. Autodesk, are you listening!!