Help With Content Center

[Jonnybmac]

This has probably been solved many times but I just cant get my head around it, ive searched google, and these forums for a correct solution to no avail.

 

I currently have a student version of inventor 2013 on my desktop pc. Ive created a complete project, which ive then transfered to as newly installed version of 2014 on my laptop for when im away from my pc.

 

Now when I load the assembly up, it wont load the content center files such as the screws. Now these are just basic default content center parts, I can access the content center on my laptop if i create a new assembly, but its asking where the parts are on my laptop. Now I understand, the concent center I access through assembly is just a database, and the parts arnt actually installed on my system unless I place the part into an assembly.

 

now my content center files are located at the default "...\Documents\Inventor\Content Center Files". I understand I can just copy them from pc desktop pc to in there, but why is it not that inventor would insert these files from the default database into this folder automatically based on the names, to allow me to use them? Is it the norm that you usually change, when you create a project, the content center file location to one that is in the same folder as the actual project so everything is together? what if i was to use custom parts from a content center that, this project was then opened on another system that didnt have the same file in its content center?

 

what happens if I send it to someone who uses a content center from vault, rather than standalone? would this still try and look for the content center files as if it was on a standalone setup?

 

 

Also, if it is just the case of the norm being people generally just have all the database saved on their system in the folder "...\Documents\Inventor\Content Center Files", how do i go about doing this? I really cant figure it out, Ive read about ADMS, which I believe is the autodesk vault server, which I have tried to install but I get an error due to having a home edition of windows 7.

Now I could try installing it onto my desktop pc, which has the ultimate edition of windows 7, and set up a vault server on that machine for them to share? but this all seems tedious and stupid in this day and age, when the software itself just recognise the screws are from a default content center and place them in auto..

 

Am I doing something drastically wrong here? Please help

 

I just want to be able to share the same file amongst my pc and laptop, aswell as in the near future, send the files to my company manager to see but im sure they will be using a vault, and im worried errors will come up when viewing my assembly

[Lazer]

Not sure what is going on here, If you have installed IV2014 on with with stand alone settings the process should be straight forward.

 

1. Check that the application setting are pointing to the right folders. Within OPTIONS, application options>content centre:

 

Then in the Access Options make sure Inventor Desktop Content is ticked.

 

It should also direct you to the location where the content is stored.

 

2. You could try a repair and reload content centre.

[kifmarn]

When switching between workstations, I found Save as> Pack and Go saves a lot of hassle as it packs up your content centre files with the assembly.

Other than that, we 'merge' our content centre folders periodically; basically cut and paste contents via USB.

It might not be the most technical of solutions, but it has worked for us so far and will have to do until I get round to setting up Vault!