Vault Project files

[pdnm1]

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

We want to set up Vault to have one project file. This is so our parts can be shared between designs (products).

Let's say we have one folder called "Commercial" and one called "private". Each of these folders will have numerous sub folders for each customer.

So "Commercial" will have Company "ABC", under that we'll have a "CAD" folder and a "Docs" folder.
Under the "CAD" folder we'd have a "Production" & a "Prototype" folder.

This is the same set up we'd have for other vendors. But if we have a part in "ABC's" folder that we can use in "XYZ's" product, we need to have that choice....thus the single .ipj file.

But as it happens, when a user has a new part and wants to store it in the vault, it asks them to make a new Project File. Doesn't that defeat the purpose?

I can't set up a Project File under the Root which is what we need to share parts not only between "ABC" & "XYZ" but also with any vendors we may have under the "Private" directory.

Clear as mud?

Please, if anyone can explain the set up I need to do in plain English, I'd greatly appreciate it.

[Anonymous]

Hello,
If you need to share components between folders, in this case ABC parts that
you can use in XYZ's product, then use Place From Vault, browse to the ABC
folder, and place the part. When do you get prompted to create a new ipj
file? There isn't an action that I know of that prompts you to create an ipj
on the fly. If these common components become shared amongst multiple jobs,
then use the Move command in Vault to move them into a folder higher in the
Vault folder structure. The references will update automatically in Vault 5.
From now on, instead of building an Inventor ipj to store files, create a
Vault folder, right click Go To Working Folder, and save the components
there.
Hope this help clear up the mud. Post back with any questions. Post a screen
cap of your Vault if you can. Thanks.

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Brian Schanen
Product Designer - Data Management
Manufacturing Solutions Division
Autodesk, Inc.
wrote in message news:5167984@discussion.autodesk.com...
Please correct me if I'm wrong.

We want to set up Vault to have one project file. This is so our parts can
be shared between designs (products).

Let's say we have one folder called "Commercial" and one called "private".
Each of these folders will have numerous sub folders for each customer.

So "Commercial" will have Company "ABC", under that we'll have a "CAD"
folder and a "Docs" folder.
Under the "CAD" folder we'd have a "Production" & a "Prototype" folder.

This is the same set up we'd have for other vendors. But if we have a part
in "ABC's" folder that we can use in "XYZ's" product, we need to have that
choice....thus the single .ipj file.

But as it happens, when a user has a new part and wants to store it in the
vault, it asks them to make a new Project File. Doesn't that defeat the
purpose?

I can't set up a Project File under the Root which is what we need to share
parts not only between "ABC" & "XYZ" but also with any vendors we may have
under the "Private" directory.

Clear as mud?

Please, if anyone can explain the set up I need to do in plain English, I'd
greatly appreciate it.

[pdnm1]

Sorry Brian, I guess I mispoke on the project files. The understanding is there are different project files for each vendor, "ABC" & "XYZ", etc. or should there be just one project file for the "Commercial" directory and one for the "Private" directory? If the latter, are you saying parts can still be used across these projects?

We were led to believe parts can not be used across projects thus we were told to have only one project file.

[Anonymous]

Greetings,
If you have separate ipj's under ABC and XYZ, then it is difficult to use
parts across these folders. You would have to declare library paths to each
other's locations, and that's complex and creates unnecessary effort
maintenance. Placing an ipj up under the root, above both "Commercial" and
"Private" allows you to browse anywhere in the Vault whilst placing
components. To make the Vault surfing faster, consider creating a shortcut
to the respective Vault subfolders. These will be visible in the Open and
Place From Vault dialog boxes.
Is there concern for keeping certain groups or eyes from seeing the
"Private" directory? Let us know, there is a way....
--
Brian Schanen
Product Designer - Data Management
Manufacturing Solutions Division
Autodesk, Inc.
wrote in message news:5168608@discussion.autodesk.com...
Sorry Brian, I guess I mispoke on the project files. The understanding is
there are different project files for each vendor, "ABC" & "XYZ", etc. or
should there be just one project file for the "Commercial" directory and one
for the "Private" directory? If the latter, are you saying parts can still
be used across these projects?

We were led to believe parts can not be used across projects thus we were
told to have only one project file.