Autodesk Viewer/Autodesk Drive

[bradford253]

I have been uploading large models to Autodesk Viewer in order to share them with my customer. However, He is asking if I can leave them out there longer than 30 days. Then I discovered Autodesk Drive but am having trouble uploading files to Drive. When I try to create step files to upload my Inventor crashes. Is there a way to copy files from Viewer to Drive?

[CCarreiras]

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@bradford253 wrote:

Is there a way to copy files from Viewer to Drive?

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Hi!

It's Not possible to copy from viewer to drive.

Tip: as a workaround, after the 30 days, you can always upload the model to more 30 days... and so on.

[pcrawley · Accepted solution]

Try this:  Create a DWF from Inventor, then upload the DWF using Autodesk Drive: https://drive.autodesk.com/home (There's an upload function - or you can just drag-and-drop into the web page.) 

Once your DWF is uploaded, you can enable the link and share it:

The advantage of the DWF is that you can chose which iProperties are included when you publish the DWF (and they become visible in the viewer) - plus the DWF is a tiny file compared to either Step or the full .iam and all its component parts.

[James_Willo]

Hi, you can extend the 30 days as much as you like, but you have to do it manually and keep going in to add another 30 days. 

[James_Willo]

Click your profile in the top right and then 'design views.'

Next to the file you want, click extend

[bradford253]

Thank you for that excellent advice. It worked fine.

Brad