Mold Design Content Libraries for Autodesk Inventor Professional 2018

Installation Instructions - Read Me file
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In a continuing effort to speed install time for our customers, Autodesk has released Autodesk Inventor Professional 2018 with a subset of the Mold Design Metric Desktop Content library. This subset of the Inventor Mold Design Metric Desktop Content library includes all components necessary for the Mold Design Samples and Tutorials.

Additionally, Autodesk Vault 2018 products also provide a subset of the Mold Design Metric Remote Content library which contains the same components as the subset Desktop content library.

The three complete Mold Design Desktop & Remote Content libraries are provided separately via download for Autodesk Inventor Professional 2018 Mold Design. These content libraries contain all available Mold Design content.



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Before installing the Mold Design content libraries for Autodesk Inventor Professional 2018, ensure you have the following installed according to your usage of content libraries:


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The subset of the Mold Design Metric Desktop Content Library was included with the installation of Autodesk Inventor Professional 2018 Mold Design and the corresponding Remote subset library was installed with Autodesk Vault 2018. To install the complete version libraries for Autodesk Inventor Professional 2018 Mold Design these subset libraries must be removed. Execute the following instructions based upon your usage of the content libraries:


    Inventor Desktop Content

    1. Download the desired Mold Design Desktop Content Libraries:
    2. Ensure no Autodesk applications are running on your system.
    3. Obtain the Inventor Desktop Content installation directory:
    4. To ensure the complete Desktop Content Library can be installed, the existing .idcl file should be removed.
    5. To install each complete Mold Design Desktop Content Library separately, uncompress the downloaded .zip file:
    6. When Autodesk Inventor Professional 2018 is next started, select the library you need to access by selecting Manage > Projects > Configure Content Center Libraries.

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    Inventor Remote Content - Autodesk Vault Server

    1. Download the desired Mold Design Remote Content Libraries:
    2. To ensure the complete Remote Content Library can be installed, the existing subset Metric library should be removed.
    3. To install each complete Mold Design Desktop Content Library separately:
    4. In the Autodesk Data Management Server Console, select the Libraries node, then select Attach in the Actions menu.
    5. Browse to the newly unzipped location and select the libraries.
    6. When Autodesk Inventor Professional 2018 is next started, select the library you need to access by selecting Manage > Projects > Configure Content Center Libraries.

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