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Was a bit tricky to find the location for 2014 (https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Advanced-iLogic-Configuration-settings.html)
How to reference the AutoCAD COM API in an iLogic rule
By Wayne Brill You can use AddReference to reference the AutoCAD COM Interops. Below is an iLogic rule to test this. (It just Dims a couple of types) iLogic needs to be able to find the AutoCAD Interop dlls. The path where it looks for the interop dlls is set in the Advanced iLogic Configuration...
I wonder where it stores the Path ?
In registry or in some XML?
I as CADmanager would like to force it to be equal to some corporate value...
How to reference the AutoCAD COM API in an iLogic rule
By Wayne Brill You can use AddReference to reference the AutoCAD COM Interops. Below is an iLogic rule to test this. (It just Dims a couple of types) iLogic needs to be able to find the AutoCAD Interop dlls. The path where it looks for the interop dlls is set in the Advanced iLogic Configuration...
DebugView also have option to log directly to file which can help on crashing Inventor-session (BTW DebugView++ doesn't have this option)
Inventor 2019.1 Update: iLogic Log
The latest update for Autodesk Inventor gave us the iLogic Log. If you either write iLogic rules or have to debug iLogic rules, it's worth your time to continue reading and check out this new tool. It really goes without saying that if you do the former, then you're going to be doing the latte...
Could the iLogic code be debugged with VBA editor?
Can I do that with the Inventor API?
Quite often I am faced with a challenge to control something new with code. If you read my iLogic: Where do I go from here blog post, then you at least know a little about using the Help file to look up methods and properties for objects. In that post I had you search for table in the Programmi...
Could Powershell itself generate SMTP email (to phone number) instead of IfTTT?
Vault Backup Notifications With IoT! It Can Be Done!
If you are a Vault administrator you probably aren't receiving any status notifications from Vault regarding scheduled backup routines. If you are, then the notifications probably come to you via email using a custom script or application. Outside of third party server backup tools, this has bee...
The url referenced is dead now.
I wonder if it possible to set up report template in a form of rating?
Let say ... get which file extensions used most often and which are unique; who is most productive author (created by) etc...
PS: Pie diagram is used as icon for Report button. Supposed it also could be set up to get some kind of diagram?
Customize the Vault Report
By Barbara Han As you may already know, Vault can produce a search report (.RDLC file), which can be customized. If you are not familiar with this feature, I’d like to recommend this link first: http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/report_template_authoring.pdf The report can be customized in...
Seems I've used wrong word.
The above-mentioned defect is not serious it is CRITICAL for our company.
Our workaround was to create duplicate local user group instead of AD-groups and synchronize them through Vault API. But such forced doubling just can't continue forever.
We are staying on 2014 because upgrade costs quite a few (I even don't mean money) yet we won't get solution for critical defect.
Because Autodesk not fixing this defect we stopped paying for subscription and going to change PDM.
Active Directory User Accounts in Vault Professional
Vault Professional offers the ability to make use of Active Directory (AD) accounts in your Windows domain. There are several aspects of this that are worth discussing. Many companies use local accounts in Vault to manage their users’ access. One of the drawbacks is that user passwords are no...
There is another serious drawback regarding usage of Active Directory accounts in Autodesk Vault:
Even so Autodesk declares that Vault is supporting trusted domains in fact you can't use AD accounts of trusted domain in groups of your home domain (Windows itself supports). For more details see http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/vault-forum/accounts-of-trusted-domain-are-not-shown-as-member-of-domain/m-p/6406187/highlight/true#M63270
Active Directory User Accounts in Vault Professional
Vault Professional offers the ability to make use of Active Directory (AD) accounts in your Windows domain. There are several aspects of this that are worth discussing. Many companies use local accounts in Vault to manage their users’ access. One of the drawbacks is that user passwords are no...
Could you please check if issue described in thread http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/vault-general-discussion/view-in-window-command-associated-files-of-released-item-fools/td-p/5508448 is solved after setting Vault in some known way?
Vault 2017 - Security Problem Solved
The release of Autodesk's Vault 2017 made us very happy. We have known of a problem in the vault security for quite some time now. It dates back to around 2008, when it was discovered that there was an issue between folder-level permissions and lifecycle permissions. As an example (in the 201...
Following the recommendation doesn't help me.
I tried to change both:
DWFx ePlot.pc3
DWFx ePlot(XPS Compatible).pc3
But I still getting colorish DWG.DWF in the Vault (moreover colors differs much in comparison to DWG itself).
One more thing I've paid attention to - after I set up everything, close TrueViewSetup.dwg and open it again the NONE printer/plotter is chosen by default.
PS: I'm struggling with Autodesk Vault Professional 2014 SR SP1
Creating Monochrome DWFs for Vault Visualization Files
Updated April 2020 A Vault user asked how to generate DWF visualization files to be viewed in the Vault Explorer with solid black lines instead of the light colors used to generate the DWFs that were checked into Vault from AutoCAD. When AutoCAD was set to a black workspace background and us...
What a great model of water-mixer!
Could you share model number?
Bathroom Vanity
I previously made a post about a some VBA code I had written to help layout the boards from a woodworking project so I could create cut sheets. I just looked up that post and couldn’t believe it was almost five years ago. In that post I had an image of a bathroom vanity that I had started to d...
What privilegues Cirtix technology gives over old-school RDP?
Citrix Support Anyone?
The Autodesk Vault lab has been working overtime of late preparing our latest user focused enhancement, the long awaited Citrix Support confirmation (insert applause). Based on the current Vault 2015 product line the information below provides background details on what Citrix support entails, ...
"All CAD applications that require the Vault add-in needs to be installed and published on all servers which the Vault client will be published from"
Does this mean "all Autodesk CADs (i.e. Inventor 2015) are Citrix Ready certified"?
Is there a list of Citrix Ready certified Autodesk CADs publiched somehere?
Citrix Support Anyone?
The Autodesk Vault lab has been working overtime of late preparing our latest user focused enhancement, the long awaited Citrix Support confirmation (insert applause). Based on the current Vault 2015 product line the information below provides background details on what Citrix support entails, ...
Its great that we now have fixed update but what about this issue - http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/vault-products/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Randomly-incorrect-visualization-files-for-Inventor-drawings-when-creating-with-Job-Processor.html
One update and one hotfix were released but since nov1.
Should we still visualize Drawings one by one (instead of batch)?
Hotfix for Inventor 2014 Service Pack 2 Update 3
This hotfix addresses an issue where there are no view lines in DWF files for drawings created through a batch process such as on a Vault job processor after the Update 3 is installed. Please, read the Readme file for the Installation Instructions.
Is there somebody who remembers if Inventor DWG was present in Inventor initially or was introduced in some version?
DWG the default file type for Inventor 2015 Drawings
If you have installed Inventor 2015 with the default settings you will get the DWG as default file type for your drawings. If your preferred default standard for the drawings is IDW instead, you can set it in the menu Tools, Application Options, Drawing tab, Default Drawing File Type. I...
That's where the problem I'm trying to point you!
After entering e-mail I'm getting to registration form with 14 fields to enter (10 are required) and the only button "Register now" (NO button for download).
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Autodesk Vault Talk July 2014 - Vault Data Standard
Webinar Registration
Please join us for an Autodesk Vault Talk July webcast with special guest Chris Atherton, Senior Application Engineer from Symetri UK. During this webcast we will cover Autodesk Vault Data Standard
Webcast Agenda:
Vault Talk webcast Introduction
Vault Data Standard Overview and Demo
Q & A ..."
My Take on Vault Data Standard
Earlier this week I listened in on a webinar on Vault Data Standard and it got me to thinking. Coming from a Vault API background, I have a different view of Data Standard then what is usually presented. So I’d like to provide my thoughts since this is a blog and all.... APIs on top of API...
I was registered for the webcast but I'm living in other half of the Earth thus I missed it most likely because I was sleeping.
Where could I get the video now?
My Take on Vault Data Standard
Earlier this week I listened in on a webinar on Vault Data Standard and it got me to thinking. Coming from a Vault API background, I have a different view of Data Standard then what is usually presented. So I’d like to provide my thoughts since this is a blog and all.... APIs on top of API...
Your url to webinar ... it requires too many things to enter.
I wonder if there any easier way to see the video?
My Take on Vault Data Standard
Earlier this week I listened in on a webinar on Vault Data Standard and it got me to thinking. Coming from a Vault API background, I have a different view of Data Standard then what is usually presented. So I’d like to provide my thoughts since this is a blog and all.... APIs on top of API...
What about fixing same thing during visualization of IAMs in Vault?
Cases are open since October 2012 (#7692558).
Current case open - 09636473
Hotfix for PDF/DWF export is now live
After you install Inventor Professional 2014 Service Pack 2 (SP2), embedded objects such as images, spreadsheets are no longer properly exported to PDF or DWF. The Hotfix for this regression is now live
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Beta Invite
If you are interested in the Beta for the upcoming Vault release, here is the invite link: https://beta.autodesk.com/callout/?callid=0CEA9DDA3D144841A8DE3679943A440F There are some nice end-user enhancements that I cannot go over here. You can also use the beta forums to ask questions abou...
What about IDs that are used in links for objects in new Thin Client (http://crackingthevault.typepad.com/crackingthevault/2013/10/vault-2014-subscription-release-1-thin-client-url.html)?
Is it possible to generate them using API?
Persistent IDs
If you are integrating Vault and another system, you will probably want to use Persistent IDs. Like the name implies, these identifiers are persisted and will not change in the future. Persistent IDs came out in Vault 2013 as an undocumented feature. For Vault 2014, it’s now being offic...
Doug, do you have any plan to migrate Watch Folder to 2014?
Q-Tools and Watch Folder 2013
For this post, I bring you two whole apps. I’ve updated Q-Tools and Watch Folder for Vault 2013. Technically the 2012 versions can still work with Vault 2013 server, but there were a few optimizations I wanted to do using the new API features. Q-Tools 2013 For Q-Tools, the feature set is th...
Doug, do you have any plan to migrate this app to 2014?
Find Orphaned Files
Update: The Vault 2014 version is available. While I’m busy getting my AU classes in order, Jan Liska kindly provided this month’s sample app. He is also the author of the popular Drawing Compare app. Thanks Jan! Find Orphaned Files is a quick and easy way to detect files that are not refer...
Doug, Is there plan to migrate the app for Vault 2014 or is it already fully compatible?
Q-Tools
Update: The Vault 2012 version of this app is now available. Q-Tools for Autodesk Vault is my attempt to fix job server issues that I have heard about or experienced myself. The utility is a Windows service that contains various features that you can turn on or off depending on how you want ...
Any Chances to have this lovely app migrated to 2014?
Drawing Compare - Update
Update: The 2013 version is available from the Vault App Store. You want it, you got it. The Drawing Compare utility has been updated to include version to version compare, regardless of revision. Just select two entries in the History tab, right-click and select Compare Drawings. Click her...
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