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Content Center Data in Project Location

Stahle — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 16:38:44 GMT

Is there any way possible to set up a default .ipj that will path the location of Content Center Files to stay with the project data? I would like for it to create the \Content Center Files folder in the project location every time. That way the .ipt data associated with all the screws in a given design, stay with the folder that contains all of the other .ipt and .iam files. Having to path it manually every time causes some people to forget. Then the data ends up being stored locally to their station and anyone else accessing the design may not have the screws in it. Please advise.

Re: Content Center Data in Project Location

CGBenner — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 17:21:50 GMT

@Stahle

You may want to investigate moving to a single project environment, with a shared Content Center location. That way, not only would all of your designs be able to "find" the standard content in them, but you could also avoid having duplicate standard content files in multiple locations.

Do you use Vault in your Inventor setup?

Re: Content Center Data in Project Location

SharkDesign — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 18:21:35 GMT

I thought the content center location was decided by application options not the project file. But I might be wrong.

You can turn on and off installed content centre libraries through the project, but think the folder is decided by application options.

Re: Content Center Data in Project Location

SharkDesign — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 18:23:25 GMT

To fix your issue, stick the content centre folder on a network drive and have everyone point to that one folder through application options.

Re: Content Center Data in Project Location

SharkDesign — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 18:26:17 GMT

Sorry thought of something else.

Old projects will probably still be looking on people's personal drives because that's where it found them last. You'll be able to swap this for fresh content centre bolts, it'll know they're not the same file, but the constraints should still connect.

Re: Content Center Data in Project Location

A.Acheson — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 00:48:09 GMT

Where are the CC files stored at the moment local or network?
Are the CC files stored with each project at the moment?
Do you want to continue with multiple project files and multiple CC files folders?

Re: Content Center Data in Project Location

Stahle — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 01:05:51 GMT

Currently in each project folder locally. I would like to keep doing it this way without having to create the path to the project folder every time.

Re: Content Center Data in Project Location

A.Acheson — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 01:52:13 GMT

Here is a post that I think might help.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/store-content-center-files-in-project-folder-as-relative-path/td-p/8218762

From linked post:
Enter ".\Content Center Files" in your project file will do this.

I haven’t tried this method now but what you want is the folder to be created in the project file .ipj each time. This may need to be done in application options also to populate to new .ipj.

If that doesn’t work I am sure there is an iLogic option for that.

Re: Content Center Data in Project Location

BDCollett — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 05:06:23 GMT

@SharkDesign wrote:
I thought the content center location was decided by application options not the project file. But I might be wrong.
You can turn on and off installed content centre libraries through the project, but think the folder is decided by application options.

The project file overwrites the location set in Application Options/File.

The location set under the content center options is for the library location.

Re: Content Center Data in Project Location

SharkDesign — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 06:11:37 GMT

Yes you're right, I just did a bit more digging into that. I've been using Vault for a few years so it's not something I've had to deal with.

What is the current workflow?

Do users start a new job, create a new project file and save it with the job?

Someone else works on that job, they load the project file from the job folder?

Can you create a master project file that everyone has, call it master.ipj or something, then when a user starts a new job, they copy that project and just change the locations they need to. That way all the standard things stay the same.

Then just have your CC in a central network location so that everyone uses the same one.

Re: Content Center Data in Project Location

BDCollett — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 11:55:35 GMT

@SharkDesign wrote:
Yes you're right, I just did a bit more digging into that. I've been using Vault for a few years so it's not something I've had to deal with.

What is the current workflow?
Do users start a new job, create a new project file and save it with the job?
Someone else works on that job, they load the project file from the job folder?

Can you create a master project file that everyone has, call it master.ipj or something, then when a user starts a new job, they copy that project and just change the locations they need to. That way all the standard things stay the same.
Then just have your CC in a central network location so that everyone uses the same one.

Yes, a lot of those settings you forget how they work until you need to go and do it again. Then you run into weird things like the bug with the 2022 styles library manager that throws you off completely.

The best practice usually is a single project file but that doesn't always work for everyone. It's certainly a lot easier to manage one though.

So usually "company.ipj" and then using vault you don't have to worry about people having the right content centre or design data etc as it's vaulted and they sync with that.

If using no vault then yes you can have a network shared location which is basically the same idea.