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Using the Content Center, Part 2

This is the second in a set of three Skill Builders which replace the Content Center tutorial
previously supplied with the Inventor software. In this Skill Builder, you will learn basic Content
Center administration tasks including: adding libraries, configuring libraries, modifying library
content and publishing to Content Center using the Autodesk Data Management Server (ADMS)
Console (referred to as: the server console hereafter). If you will not be responsible for these
tasks you may skip this Skill Builder.
In the first Skill Builder you will learn how to place, resize and replace components placed from
Content Center libraries. The third Skill Builder will teach you to use the search capabilities of
Content Center. These three Skill Builders may be completed in any order.
Expected completion time: 10 to 15 minutes.
Use with: Autodesk Inventor 2009 and the server console.
This Skill Builder is targeted at the single-seat user who will need to perform basic Content
Center library management. You will automatically have permissions to perform editing tasks by
accepting the default user ID Administrator and default password <blank> for the Log-in to
Autodesk Data Management Server located under the File menu on Inventors main menu bar.
If the Content Center libraries are installed on a remote server and you are working in a multiuser environment:
You must have Editor permissions in the server console to perform any of the editing
tasks.
You must log into your vault server to perform any editing tasks in the Content Center
Editor dialog box in Autodesk Inventor.
You must access the server console on the remote server to perform administrative tasks.
Note - If the Content Center libraries have already been installed on a remote server there is
likely a site system administrator who manages the installation. You should discuss data

management access and permissions with your site system administrator before considering
completing this Skill Builder.
Performance Considerations The Content Center database is extensive and covers 18
international standards with over 750k components. To optimize hard disk space and enhance
performance using Content Center, it is recommended that designers install only required
libraries during the initial installation process. By selecting the Options for the Content Center
libraries during installation, you can cancel the selection of unneeded libraries to optimize the
installation.
Configured libraries are dynamically accessed by Content Center and related tools. Therefore,
the fewer libraries, visible in a project configuration, the better the performance of Content
Center. Library configurations are managed through the Inventor Project Editor using the
Configure Libraries command.
In general, the fewer libraries actively searched by Content Center, the better the performance.
To begin this exercise, you use the server console to create a read/write library so that you will
have access to editable content.
Create a Read/Write Library
1. From your systems Start menu, select Programs > Autodesk > Autodesk Data
Management > Autodesk Data Management Server Console 2009

2. In the Login dialog, enter your user name and password. If you are working in a singleuser environment or you were not assigned a login name and password, enter
Administrator in the User Name field and leave the Password field blank.
3. Click OK.
4. In left-hand panel of the server console window, click the + to the left of the top-most
node
5. Click the + to the left of the Libraries node. The program lists the available libraries.
6. Right-click the Libraries node, and then select Create Library
7. In the Create Library dialog, enter Test Library in the Display Name field.
8. Click OK.
9. You will see the hourglass cursor for a few seconds and then receive a message stating
that the library was created successfully.
10. Dismiss the message dialog by clicking OK.
11. The newly created Test Library will appear in the list of available libraries in the
browser.

The icon indicates this library is read/write.


Note - Inventor includes a read/write library labeled: My Library. Unless the library was
detached or previously deleted, you should also see this library in the list of available libraries.
You created Test Library as an exercise, however you could use the read/write My Library in
place of Test Library for the rest of the following exercises.

Make the New Library Available to Inventor


1. If Autodesk Inventor is not running: launch Inventor (otherwise return to the active
Autodesk Inventor session).
2. Click File > Projects.
3. With no files open, select tutorial_files as your active project.
4. Click the Configure Content Center Libraries tool (located just above the Done button
on the lower-right side of the Projects dialog).

5. In the Configure Libraries dialog, click the Add Library tool (located in the horizontal
row of buttons located above the OK and Cancel buttons).

6. On the Add Libraries dialog, select Test Library from the dropdown listing of Library
Names, and then click OK.
7. Notice that Test Library is now listed (as read/write) on the list of available libraries in
the Configure Libraries dialog. Click OK.
8. Click Save in the Projects dialog.
9. Click Done. This attaches the new library to the Content Center.

How to customize content provided by Autodesk


1. Select Tools > Content Center Editor (you need not have a document open).
The Content Center Editor window is similar in appearance to the Place from Content Center
dialog box. The two windows share the same layout, however, the Content Center Editor has
unique features and tools.
Like the Place from Content Center dialog, by default, the Content Center Editor displays a
merged view of all content contained in your content libraries. Any content that is read only is
represented by a partially transparent, faded icon or thumbnail.
Click the + to the left of Shaft Parts (in the Category browser).
Click the + to the left of Circlips.
Select the External category.
In the right-hand panel, right-click the R-Ring family.
In the context menu, select Test Library by first expanding the Copy To > menu
selection. You should see a message stating that the content was copied successfully.
7. Close the message dialog by clicking OK.
8. You should now see a message giving you the option to refresh the local server view.
Click Yes.
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A read/write copy of the R-Ring family now exists in Test Library. The original read only still
exists but it has been replaced with the read/write copy in the presented merged view of available
libraries.
9. Select Test Library from the Library View drop-down menu (located near the top of the
dialog box). The view is filtered to show only content contained in Test Library, in this
case, the R-Ring circlip family.
10. In the right portion of the dialog, right-click the thumbnail for the R-Ring family
11. Select Family Table from the context menu.
12. In the Family Table dialog box, select Property Columns only from the filter drop-down
menu.

13. Scroll to the far right side of the dialog box.


14. Click in the Material cell in the first row.
15. Change Steel, Mild to Titanium by selecting Titanium from the dropdown list of
available materials.
16. Click OK.
17. You will see a message stating that the content was published successfully. Close the
message by clicking OK.
18. You will now receive a message giving you the option to refresh the local server view.
Click Yes.
19. Click Done to close the Content Center editor.

Verify the Changed Content


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In Autodesk Inventor, Open a new assembly.


Select Place Component From Content Center in the Assembly Panel.
Press the Alt key, and then double-click the R-Ring family.
In the Family dialog, select the Table View tab.
Select Property Columns only from the Display menu. In the Material Column, notice
that Titanium is the material type for the first row.
6. Close the Family dialog.
7. Close the assembly without saving.
Prepare a Part to Publish to Content Center
In the following exercises, you will prepare and publish an iPart to the Content Center (plain
parts may also be published). The published iPart is saved as a part family to a selected category.
Publishing requires that some basic conditions are satisfied:
You must be logged into the server console. If you are working in a single-user
environment, you are automatically logged in.
You must be assigned Content Center editing permissions in the server console. If you
are working in a single-user environment, you automatically have permissions to publish.
There must be a read/write Library in the current Content Center Library Configuration
project. You can publish only to a read/write-enabled library.
Note some of the applications (such as Design Accelerator, Frame Generator and AIP Routing)
require a special authoring and publish procedure. Please refer to the application help and tutorial
for details. Authoring is not discussed in the following exercise.
1. Open Brace.ipt
2. Use Save As to create a copy named: Brace_copy.ipt (which will now be the open file).

To publish the part, you will map part parameters to existing Content Center category
parameters. In this exercise, you will map the part's length, width, and height to corresponding
category parameters that exist in the Structural Shapes Channel category. Other library families
will have other parameters as required by the category.
In this exercise, before you publish, you will create an iPart factory based on this part. The rows
in the factory will correspond to the Content Center family members (size variations) in the
published family.
3. Click the Parameters tool (on the Sheet Metal Features tool pallet) and take note of: d0
(part width), d1 (height) and d2 (length).

4. For the sake of clarity, give these parameters more meaningful names. Click d0 in the
Parameter Name column and enter a more descriptive name: channel_width for
example.
5. Rename d1 to channel_height.
6. Rename d2 to channel_length.
7. Click Done to accept the name changes and dismiss the Parameters dialog.
8. Select Create iPart from the tools menu.
9. In the lower portion of the dialog box, right-click the existing row 1, and then select
Insert Row from the context menu.
10. In the new row 2, change the channel_length value to 200 mm.
11. Click OK.
12. Save the part.

Publish to Content Center


1. Select Tools > Publish Part from the main menu.

2. The first page of the Publish Guide displays the list of read/write libraries to which you
can publish. Ensure Test Library is selected.
3. Select a language (as required), and click Next.
4. Scroll down and select Channels (located under Structural Shapes) from the Category
menu.
5. click Next (the category parameters display).
6. In the Base length row, click the down arrow in the (Please Select) cell.
7. Select the channel_length part parameter. This maps the part parameter channel_length
to the required Content Center category parameter Base length.
8. Scroll down so that you can see the Shape Height row.
9. In the Shape Height row, click the down arrow in the (Please Select) cell, and then select
the channel_height part parameter.
10. Scroll down so that you can see the Shape Width row.
11. In the Shape Width row, click the down arrow in the (Please Select) cell, and then select
channel_width.
12. Click Next (the Define Family Key Columns panel is displayed)
13. Select channel_height from the Table Columns list.
14. Click the right-pointing Add arrow to move the column to the Key Columns list.
15. Select channel_length from the Table Columns list.
16. Click the right-pointing Add arrow to move the column to the Key Columns list.
17. Select channel_width from the Table Columns list.
18. Click the right-pointing Add arrow to move the column to the Key Columns list.
19. Click Next.
20. In the Name field, change the default file name to sheet metal channel (for this example,
you can leave the remaining fields blank).
21. Click Next. In this example you will use the default thumbnail.
22. Click Publish (the part is published to Test Library).
23. Click OK to dismiss the publication notification dialog.
Validate your Published Part
In this exercise, you use the Content Center to insert a member from this published family into
an assembly.
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Close the file Brace_copy.ipt


Open a new assembly
Click the Place from Content Center tool.
In the Category View panel, select the Channels category, nested under Structural
Shapes.
Press the Alt key, and then double-click the sheet metal channel family.
Select the 125 mm member in the channel_length field.
Click Apply.
Press Esc.

9. Now select the 200 mm length member.


10. Click OK. Click to place the longer part.

11. Right-click and select Done


12. You can close the assembly without saving.

Summary
This Skill Builder provided exercises to help you understand the basic capabilities of
administering the Content Center. You were able to:
Create a new read/write library
Add your newly created library to the configuration of libraries available to Inventor
Copy content from a read only library to a read/write library
Modify read/write library content properties
Create a new family of library components from an Inventor iPart
Define key parameters which allow selection of individual components from the family
Verify that your published parts were available from Content Center and that they placed
as expected within an Inventor assembly
What Next?
As mentioned when you began, this Skill Builder is one of three that deal with using the Content
Center. You may decide to complete each of the additional Skill Builders to get a better

understanding of how to use content from your Content Center or how to more easily find
components using the search and favorites capabilities in Content Center.
You may also want to simply become more familiar with the variety of parts contained in your
Content Center libraries by browsing the categories and families listed in the Content Center
dialog or by reading the on-line help concepts that discuss these topics.
This completes this Skill Builder.

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