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Using Environments tab (Optimization) in Inventor Professional (PDS) will request activation

35/26/2012 Click for blog article

You have installed Autodesk Product Design Suite Ultimate and you have successfully activated the product.When run Autodesk Inventor Professional and you click on the "Environments tab", it will try to re-activate your software. NOTE: The Activation request will be for Autodesk Product Design Suite Premium. To resolve this issue, you will need to:1. Set following registry key : HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\Inventor\Current Version\OptimizationUpdateNotified to 12. Download Inventor Optimization manually from Subscription Center.Install Optimization first THEN go to the Environment tab to run Optimization.When you open Optimization from Inventor, you will be prompted for your Subscription center username and password.EpilogueThis issue should be solved in Inventor 2012 SP1.If you are a PrDS user the Optimization patch will be downloaded automatically once you launch Inventor, the downloading location is the folder " %Temp%", the time of the downloading depends on your network speed, when the downloading is finished a automatic prompt message dialog will be shown in Inventor, and Optimization patch named "centaurupdate.exe" will be in folder " %Temp%".via upandready.typepad.com

Change the default templates for the assemblies and parts created with Make Components

00/23/2012 Click for blog article

You have created some sketch blocks or solid bodies in your part file.You want to create assemblies and parts out of them with the command Make Components, but you want to set some different from the Standard ones default templates for them.You can change these settings in the Make Components Options dialog accessible from the Part Document Settings, Modeling tab.From this dialog you can change also other default settings as you can see from the image above and read in more details in the WikiHelp under “Make components options”.Of course, if you want, you can save these settings in your part template.Ale

Inserting components using Composite iMates names

00/17/2012 Click for blog article

You have defined three Composite iMates in your component naming them A, B and C.You have inserted this component in an assembly.Now you want insert another component in the assembly and automatically position and constrain it to the first component using one specific Composite iMate.For instance, you want to use for this purpose the Composite iMate A.In order to do this, in the second component, you need to define the same Composite iMate, as the Composite iMate A of the first component.The name of this Composite iMate is not important.What is important is that the name of the Composite iMate A of the first component is in the top of the Match List of the second component Composite iMate Properties.Once you have done this, you can insert the second component in the assembly where you have already inserted the first component selecting the option “Automatically generate iMates on place”.You have to repeat the procedure for other components you want to insert using the Composite iMates B and C of the first component.You can find more details in the video below.Ale

Enhanced Task Scheduler log file

24/13/2012 Click for blog article

Ever tried to make sense out of a huge Task Scheduler log file while searching for the string "error" to pinpoint a particular problem?Fear no more, a brand new tool has arrived to make life easier when hunting for that elusive error after running a Task Scheduler job.Read all about it in this support article.Bob

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