topic Re: Custom Library in Inventor Forum

Custom Library

lkirit2000 — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 01:53:19 GMT

1. Can I use one custom library to save my custom material and custom appearance folder?

2. How can I transfer these files and deploy in another PC?

Thanks

Re: Custom Library

SBix26 — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 02:35:21 GMT

@lkirit2000 wrote:

Hi

1. Can I use one custom library to save my custom material and custom appearance folder?

Not sure what you mean-- both materials and appearances can exist in the same custom library, but I don't know what you mean by 'folder' in this context?

2. How can I transfer these files and deploy in another PC?

If you have created a custom material and/or appearance library, simply copy the file from your computer to the same location on the other computer (by default in Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Inventor 20xx\Design Data\Materials\)

Sam B

Inventor Pro 2023 | Windows 10 Home 21H2

Re: Custom Library

johnsonshiue — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 20:44:13 GMT

Hi Kiri,

If I understand your questions correctly, I believe, yes you can create a custom Material and Appearance library file to store the styles.

Regarding sharing the library with others, there are primarily two approaches. Some users put it on a shared network drive. Some users use Vault to manage the files so each user pulls down the library files from the Vault server. I personally think the latter will give you the better performance. In either case, make sure the files are locked and not subject to change. Otherwise, you will end up with multiple versions of libraries and you don't know which one is the right one.

Many thanks!

Re: Custom Library

lkirit2000 — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 23:33:44 GMT

Hi Johnson,

Thanks for your response. How I can make the files locked?

Thanks

Re: Custom Library

johnsonshiue — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 02:26:16 GMT

Hi! You may set it read-only (least secure) or assign permission control (right-click -> Properties -> Security). Or, use a PDM system like Vault to manage the files.

Many thanks!