dwf file - category or state options - best practice support

[Mark_Wigan]

with reference to :

http://underthehood-autodesk.typepad.com/blog/2009/10/lifecycles-and-dwf-files-in-vault-family-2010....

in light of this recommendation, and with reference to my current situation looking after vault collaboration 2012, i wonder if there is some configuration improvements we may be able to think about that would allow admins to use a valid default lifecycle state for inventor (design files) but still allow dwf files that are generated for these to not belong to the default state or category that would be used for day to day engineering drawings.

that way admins could setup the vault to suit the best option for the engineering files (inventor files) and also configure the dwf file generation to ensure that they will behave as desired (or rather needed if you read the article linked herein).

it would to me be an improvement and also potentially allow admins to see that there is a need to consider the dwf file issues sooner rather than later, on this topic, even some notes in the help file for this configuration setting that mentions some of the things mentioned in the article could be of help.

this could be considered perhaps along with some other ideas relating to the job processor, perhaps an option in the job processor to allow admins to dictate whether dwf creation is to follow the default category (and its associated lifecycle state) or to go into an alternative category or state).

thanks.

[Senthil_Kumar]

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