topic Re: Running Inventor projects from OneDrive in Inventor Forum

Running Inventor projects from OneDrive

StewartFuchs — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 20:49:30 GMT

I have a client who wants to keep their Inventor parts library and templates on OneDrive instead of on a server. Is there a way to point to the actual OneDrive cloud location rather than pointing to the synced version located on each users C drive?

Thanks

Re: Running Inventor projects from OneDrive

bradeneuropeArthur — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 21:02:37 GMT

You can create a new project file (ipj) in a onedrive folder, like a normal project file.

Re: Running Inventor projects from OneDrive

StewartFuchs — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 21:16:48 GMT

I've tried that. It works fine for single users. In fact, I occasionally do it when I work back and forth between my office and clients sites. But it doesn't seem to work for multi users because the project points to synced folders on their individual workstations. Which is what they don't want.

Re: Running Inventor projects from OneDrive

swalton — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 22:12:02 GMT

Isn't Vault designed for similar workflows?

If the users are outside the Company's firewall it gets a bit complex. Vault Gateway can help there.

Re: Running Inventor projects from OneDrive

bradeneuropeArthur — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 22:14:39 GMT

You can use sharepoint for that!

Re: Running Inventor projects from OneDrive

StewartFuchs — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 23:46:06 GMT

I agree that it gets complex. They are going to look into installing Vault. This is the best option IMO.

Re: Running Inventor projects from OneDrive

johnsonshiue — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 00:42:06 GMT

Hi! I think you may want to map the OneDrive folder as a logical drive. It may work better with Inventor, because Inventor is a desktop based CAD tool. It assumes files are from logical drive locations. Please take a look at the following thread.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/workgroup-search-paths-and-onedrive/td-p/9880944

Many thanks!

Re: Running Inventor projects from OneDrive

bradeneuropeArthur — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 09:13:18 GMT

As mentioned, sharepoint will do the trick.

Re: Running Inventor projects from OneDrive

Ronald_King — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 22:44:05 GMT

Have you used the Legacy "shared Projects" within One-Drive to allow multiple users to use the shared Workgroup rather than a workspace?? What could possibly go wrong?