When I attempt to Suite Workflows, Showcase Constraint Animation, Run, Select constraints, then select constraints, Continue. I get a "AdWorkfolowHost is unknown. Please check your synbub config file." In Inventor 2015 to Showcase 2015. I cannot find this file anywhere and what do I need to do to get the workflow to pipe. Just gave up on a learning 3ds Max but Showcase seems a little less steep but cannot configure an iRay render yet.
Thanks,
Carl T.
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Hi,
The "synhub" referenced in the message should be in a folder called Synergy under C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\
ProgramData is hidden by default so you might need to change your explorer settings to show hidden files/folders, or just type in the full path in Explorer to check the folder access. It might be that the Synergy folder is locked out for the current user. Unless there are any specific changes you've made to the Suite workflow configurations, you can safely rename the existing Synergy folder & replace it with the contents of the attached zip file.
Hope this helps,
Chris
Thank you so much, but that did not resolve my problem. The folder was hidden I renamed the Synergy folder and replaced it with the folder that you provided to me. Attempted to use the Suite Workflows Showcase Constraint Animation converter, and now received "AdWorkflowHost in not found. Please check your synhub config file. ". A different error message. So I attempted to revert to the previous file and promptly deleted it instead of renaming it. So I attempted to examine the file ( "WorkflowHost2015") that you provided to me and noticed that the executable file named it along with the folder were missing from my installation. " ExecutablePath="C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Workflows Application 2015\AdWorkflowHost.exe"" Could that be part of my problem.
Thank you
Carl T.
Hi Carl,
Yes, quite likely.
Did you perhaps install to a non-default location ? Perhaps a d: drive ? If you can find the location of AdWorkflowHost.exe on your computer then you can edit those files to point to the correct path location.
However, if you don't have the ..\Workflows Application 2015 folder & files anywhere, then you might need to check what you originally installed for the Suite.
Is this a case of you installing the PrDS suite at release time (which didn't include Showcase) & then you subsequently installed Showcase on its' own as a separate (standalone) install ?
Thanks
Chris
Yes I installed Inventor and Showcase separately and as stand alone installations. I used the default directory locations. I turned off UACS, Firewall and active virus protection and set permissions for the drives and folders and emptied the %Temp% directory. I was not able to use the Install Now or the Browser Download methods, but was able to use the Autodesk Virtual Agent. Although Some files were in the wrong directory folders and locations but after I moved the files I was able to load Showcase 2015. Although when I import a Inventor .iam animation constraint file. I am at this time to unable to produce the same actions that I am able to with Inventor driven constraints animations. I would really like to get the Inventor to Showcase Suite Workflow to work. It would be fantastic if I could get the missing files and find out where they go and what switches they use. I do not really know what I need beyond the AdWorkflowHost.exe file.
Thanks so much
Carl T.
Hi Carl,
The Inv-Showcase workflows are only fully supported if you install from the Product Design Suite installer, so if you have 2 separate installs for the products you likely have some missing functionality.
I'll send you some files off-line to see if you can get it to work without going through the pain of an uninstall/reinstall.
Thanks
Chirs
For about a quarter of a second I thought that we had succeed in getting the Inventor 2015 to Showcase 2015 work Suite to work for me. After I installed the files that you provided to me and I installed them in the directories where I thought they belonged. I ran the Suit Inventor to Showcase exporter and for about a quarter of a second I got the Showcase Constraint Animation Workflow started, but then I received the Showcase Not Installed. Showcase is required for this workflow and does not appear to be installed. The workflow cannot continue. Error Box. I reinstalled Showcase 2015 and still received the same errors.
I do not know what to do now.
Thanks for everything.
Yours truly,
Carl T.
Carl,
I think at this stage, since the files/folders I provided didn't help, then you need to install Inventor & Showcase at the same time from the PrDS installer.
Thanks
Chris
ChrisMitchell01 wrote:
Carl,
I think at this stage, since the files/folders I provided didn't help, then you need to install Inventor & Showcase at the same time from the PrDS installer.
Thanks
Chris
Hi Chris,
Welcome to the community...
Showcase is not part of the collection, so this automated workflow will not work. It must be done manually by opening Showcase and then bringing in your Inventor information.
Mark Lancaster
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Ok but in collection there is 3DMax.
Now, in 3dmax i can " import" file to inventor, but in inventor I can't use workflow.
The error is:
AdWorkflowHost is not found. Please check your synhub config file.
Sorry I should've been more clearer in my reply... Those automated workflows were developed for the products installed by Product Design Suite (and I think Factory Design Suite too). In your case you don't have that suite so the workflows will not work.
Mark Lancaster
& Autodesk Services MarketPlace Provider
Autodesk Inventor Certified Professional & not an Autodesk Employee
Likes is much appreciated if the information I have shared is helpful to you and/or others
Did this resolve your issue? Please accept it "As a Solution" so others may benefit from it.
Chris,
hello i have the student version of inventor as well as the student version of 3Ds max. i am wondering if you can help me out as well. I've been looking at the tips you gave to the others on this forum. in my C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Synergy contains what i have attached as a picture. i dont have the AdWorkflowHost.exe (at least i cant find it). could you possibly help me out? thanks
The AdWorkflowHost.exe that's needed to execute the inter-product workflows only gets installed via the Suite installer; if you installed the individual products then you won't have all of the necessary files.
You should still be able to open Inventor data from Max, you just can't "push" data from inventor to max using the stream-lines workflows.
-Chris
okay. i get that same "AdWorkfolowHost is unknown" error, is Suite Workflows is pretty much useless for me? how can i import my 3Ds files to Inventor then?
The workflow is to get Inventor data into Max not the other way round. To get Max data into Inventor you would need to export it as a format which Inventor can read. Depending on exactly what your Max data consists of you might need to use step, iges, obj, or stl.
-Chris