You can use Task Scheduler to automate your model migration. While the other methods can give you partial or complete migration, automated migration using Task Scheduler produces FULL Migration, partial is not an option. Thus, it is very important to complete all color style preparation BEFORE migrating using Task Scheduler. Use the following process to automate your migration:
- Determine whether or not you will use the Realistic Appearance assignment in the legacy color styles. All models containing custom color styles should be processed before proceeding further.
If you want to preserve a color style and not its Realistic Appearance assignment, make sure the check box is UNCHECKED. Otherwise, leave it checked.
- Migrate legacy color & material.xml styles to a new custom .adsklib library.
- Add the custom library to the project file.
- Update your custom content center libraries.
- This is a good point to test a subset of your data with this configuration ensuring all is as expected (review visual appearances, textures, physical material properties, and functionality that leverage custom content center libraries).
- Once satisfied, do a full backup.
- Using the project file (step 3), use Task Scheduler to migrate your data in the following order:Parts, Assemblies, Presentations, Drawings as discussed in Migration Best Practices.
- Test the migration results by reviewing various migrated documents.