TMP File Management

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know a way to change where Inventor saves tmp files? Currently it saves them wherever the corresponding file resides and when I have a folder with over 3k ipts and dwgs, it gets pretty annoying when navigating.

Ideally there would be a separate, default folder for the TMP files that would automatically delete files when they reach a certain age.  Is this possible?

Any response is greatly appreciated!

[mdavis22569]

where do you have them set to save?

[Anonymous]

In the "Undo" path, I have the same as you.  For some reason, the location where we save all our Inventor files is being populated by tmp files as well.

[Anonymous]

One clue, if you look at the example image attached to the OP, is that it is only the inventer dwg files that are creating these TMPs.  Could it be the fact that we are using a template for all of our drawings? FYI I have the default template location mapped to a network location so multiple users can access.

[mdavis22569]

where do you have your autocad tmp saving?

[Anonymous]

Same as you have there.  

Just did a test and a tmp file is being created every time I make a new inventor drawing and save it for the first time.  It is putting that tmp file wherever the drawing is located and it is only doing this for Inventor DWGs and not for IPTs or IAMs.

[mcgyvr]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Same as you have there.  

Just did a test and a tmp file is being created every time I make a new inventor drawing and save it for the first time.  It is putting that tmp file wherever the drawing is located and it is only doing this for Inventor DWGs and not for IPTs or IAMs.

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What about idw?

I refuse to use "Inventor" DWG files and luckily have no need to use them as I never have to deal with customers/etc.. that only use Autocad..

I think its absolutely silly to have the same file extension for 2 different programs.. Why not idg or idwg..

[blair]

Not really sure why you are spending so much time in the "TMP" folder, If you need to recover old versions, look in the Old-Versions folder within your Work Directory.

[Anonymous]

Well it's the easiest way for us to document our parts given the robust, automated view options that are available within.  Unfortunately AutoCAD does not provide alot of the same tools for view creation and automated dimensioning.

But yeah I totally agree on the file extension piece. Why in the hell do Inventor Drawings have to have the EXACT SAME file extension and type description as AutoCAD Drawings when they behave totally differently when opened with AutoCAD???

[Curtis_Waguespack]

Hi ryan_linz,

I don't know if this fits your situation, but I have this issue with files other than *.dwg from time to time, and it is related to crashes (sometimes I abuse Inventor with iLogic during testing and crash it over and over ).

See this related link:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-general-discussion/turn-off-temp-files/m-p/3518314/highlight/...

I hope this helps.
Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,
Curtis
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com

[Anonymous]

I'm not spending any time in a TMP folder.  Inventor is saving TMP files of Inventor DWGs in my working project folder and I don't know why.  It isn't a life or death problem but it becomes taxing to have to scroll past these files all the time and I would rather they not accumulate in that location. I'm fully aware of the "OldVersions" folder and use it all the time.  This is just a trash management issue.

[blair]

Never heard of that before, "tmp" files in the Work Directory.

Try a different User Account and see if the problem still remains.

[Anonymous]

I have already read through this entire post and it actually does not represent my problem.  But I did delete my local tmp folder contents as a result which was nice to know.

[blair]

Since this is using a Users Profile location, try a different account. If it can't access the user's account directory, it will default to a work directory.

[Anonymous]

We have one other employee who creates Inventor DWGs and it does happen with her as well.

[mcgyvr]

Have you tried the Inventor reset utility?

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcartic...

Note the warning

Warning:
This process will remove all customizations done in the following areas:

[Anonymous]

It is not using a users profile location.  It is saving these tmp files on a network location which is where the working folder for the project is.

[Ray_Feiler]

Under windows system properties check your environment variables.

[SBix26]

We don't use .dwg files, but I just tried creating one to see what happened-- in 2016, at least, when I have an Inventor .dwg file open, the corresponding .tmp file is created in the same folder, but is deleted when I close the .dwg file.  

This looks like the same flow as MS Office files-- Word, Excel, etc. always create a scratch file in the working folder while a document is open for editing, but delete it upon closing (except for crashes, power failures, etc.).  

Looks as if there is a problem in your setup that somehow prevents that close-out process from completing properly.

Sam B

Inventor Professional 2016 R3 SP1 Update 1
Vault Basic 2016 SP1
Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit, SP1

[Anonymous]

Yes that is exactly it.  I've done an Inventor reset and just deleted all the unwanted tmp files. Currently they are deleting themselves properly and we shall see if the problem resurfaces.