Content center (before I write to Autodesk...)

[donovandigital]

There's no excuse for making me install multiple gigabytes of models that I'll probably never use. Unless you know the relevant ansi spec backwards and forwards, the search section is next to useless without sufficiently accurate calipers. Moreover, most of the stuff I actually need isn't in there. Why not do something like adobe content marketplace? There are at least three websites with models listed at http://mfgcommunity.autodesk.com/content/. Just make a spider to index those, and search them from within inventor. Once that's done make participating manufacturers submit contact info so users and/or autodesk can contact them if there are problems. 

Not overly complex, surely?

[mflayler2]

They have been experimenting with that in the Factory program as well as jig and fixture.

For now, you have only about 1.5 GB of the ANSI library to install which really isn't that bad.  The Mold library is rather huge so if you don't use Inventor tooling you can uncheck that one.

[donovandigital]

1.5gb "Isn't that much"? call me provincial

Regardless, surely this must have occurred to somebody?

[mflayler2]

Well, you can store them as Desktop Content on a server instead if your user machine is light on HD space.

[Vlad.Makarov]

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@donovandigital wrote:

1.5gb "Isn't that much"? call me provincial

Regardless, surely this must have occurred to somebody?

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I don't think you have to install it? I think there is an option during the install.

[blair]

Heck, the "Windows" folder for Win7-64b Ultimate is 34Gb. I remember that Win 2000 was under 1Gb.