VDS - don't remember file save path.

[marek123]

Hi!

Scenario: 

Vaulp Pro 2016 + Inventor 2016 + VDS 2016 upd3.

Inventor users making assemblies, from different parts. Sometimes is a new part, sometimes reuse from Vault.

Problem is with new parts, when user want to save whole assembly, he must indicate destination folder for each ones IPTs. 

There is some solution, to remember last choice in dialog box?

Regards

Marek

[wangdu]

Hi,

Here's a blog post on our coolOrange site that might help you with exactly the issue with remembering the path.

https://blog.coolorange.com/2015/09/11/save-the-path/

Wangdu

coolOrange

www.coolOrange.com

[Markus.Koechl · Accepted solution]

Hi,

just as an addendum: VDS 2018 solved the task in default configuration by proposing the path of the parent assembly (or drawing/presentation). You asked for 2016. Therefore the solution suggested by Wangdu is the approach to go. You can review a fully coded environment leveraging this approach in the Quickstart sample (it is 2017, but fully compatible to 2016 as well): https://knowledge.autodesk.com/community/article/35881.

[marek123]

Hi!

THX a lot for your answers, its working nearly perfectly, nearly. 🙂

Case is that: when I create a new assembly, next I create one new part - ok, working well, taking a path from parent.

But, when I create second part - the VDS save dialog box don't appear and this 2nd part I can check in to Vault without VDS permissions, it saving with default name: part2.ipt.

The next parts working well, only with second is the problem.

See may codes from [...]Vault 2016\Extensions\DataStandard\CAD\addins in attachment. 

[Markus.Koechl]

would you mind to upload the log file (C:\temp\DataStandardInventorlog.txt) please? Restart Inventor and run exactly the two steps creating first part and second one. I'm pretty sure that VDS crashes finishing the task of part1 and therefore the dialog is no longer initialized for subsequent actions.

[marek123]

Ok, one more test:

I create one assembly, with 3 parts, when I try to save and check in, only .iam was saved with VDS, next 3 .ipt's without VDS.

...additional attraction; Inventor Was crashed (Sp2 and late fixes was installed) 🙂 

See log...

[Markus.Koechl]

the log indicates an error (causing the crash of VDS and later of Inv) in your localization files. Please check UIString.xml and PropertyTranslation.xml for unique attributes.

[marek123]

Hi!

I  was checked this files - a have no idea what is wrong. Next I tried to replace this files with original English .xml  - no effect.

[wangdu · Accepted solution]

Hi,

In your BreadCrumb.ps1, please remove this line $dsDiag.Trace("<< AddCombo") in the AddCombo function.

This should help.

Wangdu

coolOrange

www.coolOrange.com

[marek123]

Thanks a lot! Working well . 🙂