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.
- The six complete Mold Design content libraries, for Autodesk Inventor Professional 2018 Mold Design, can be
downloaded by selecting Inventor Products and 2018 version under the
Service Packs & Fixes download finder.
- Any combination of the desktop content or remote content libraries can be installed: Metric/mm, Imperial/Inch, or
Meusburger.
- The subset and complete versions of the Mold Design Metric Content Library have the same filename and cannot be
installed at the same time. Follow the instructions below to ensure the subset file is removed prior to
installing the full version.
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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:
Inventor Desktop Content
- Autodesk Inventor Professional 2018.
- Content Center Libraries for Inventor Desktop Content.
Inventor Remote Content
- Vault Server system:
- Autodesk Inventor system:
Autodesk Inventor Professional 2018
Content Center add-in.
EDM Add-In (Installed by the Vault Client, together with the Inventor Vault add-in, when the Vault Client is installed. It is Hidden by default.)
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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
- Download the desired Mold Design Desktop Content Libraries:
ai2018_inventor_mold_metric_desktop.zip
ai2018_inventor_mold_imperial_desktop.zip
ai2018_inventor_mold_meusburger_desktop.zip
- Ensure no Autodesk applications are running on your system.
- Obtain the Inventor Desktop Content installation directory:
- Start Autodesk Inventor Professional 2018.
- Access Tools > Application Options > Content Center.
- Make a note of the Inventor Desktop Content installation directory as listed in the Location of Libraries field.
- Shutdown Autodesk Inventor Professional 2018.
- To ensure the complete Desktop Content Library can be installed, the existing .idcl file should be removed.
- Open a Windows Explorer window and browse to the Inventor Desktop Content installation directory obtained above.
- If file AI2018_Inventor Mold Metric.idcl exists (the subset Metric library file) and you plan on replacing it with
the complete version, manually delete it or move it to a side folder.
- To install each complete Mold Design Desktop Content Library separately, uncompress the downloaded .zip file:
- When prompted, browse to the Desktop Content installation location obtained above and unzip.
- For each library, this may take several minutes.
- 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
- Download the desired Mold Design Remote Content Libraries:
ai2018_inventor_mold_metric_remote.zip
ai2018_inventor_mold_imperial_remote.zip
ai2018_inventor_mold_meusburger_remote.zip
- To ensure the complete Remote Content Library can be installed, the existing subset Metric library should be removed.
- Start Autodesk Data Management Server Console 2018.
- Expand the libraries node and look for the AI2018_Inventor Mold Metric Library.
- If the AI2018_Inventor Mold Metric library exists (the subset Metric library file) and you plan on replacing it with
the complete version, select and delete it from the Actions menu.
- To install each complete Mold Design Desktop Content Library separately:
- When prompted, browse to the location where the database files are located and extract the zipped files. Note: by
default the databases are located in a SQL Data folder.
- For each library, this may take several minutes.
- In the Autodesk Data Management Server Console, select the Libraries node, then select Attach in the Actions menu.
- Browse to the newly unzipped location and select the libraries.
- 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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