Steps you through the process to define project information, such as locations of templates, styles, Content Center configurations, and the vault mapping.
Options panel
Application Options
General tab. Select the check box for Enable creation of legacy project types. Access
In the active application window, click 
Manage Projects. In the project editor, click New.
On the Microsoft Windows Start menu, click Programs Autodesk Autodesk Inventor [version] Tools Project Editor. In the Project Editor, click New.
What type of project are you creating?
If Autodesk Vault Basic is not installed (or you did not select Enable creation of legacy project types in Application Options, General tab, you can create only a Single User project.
All projects use relative paths and place the project file (.ipj) at the root level (".\").
- Vault Project
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When Autodesk Vault Basic is installed, creates a vault project with one workspace, one or more libraries.
Designers check out files, edit in a personal workspace, and check files back in to the vault. Others refresh files to see edits. Offers database queries, access to past configurations, and other utilities.
- Semi-Isolated Master Project
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Creates a master project that specifies one workgroup where files that the entire design team shares are stored. Specifies one or more libraries, and sets the project type to semi-isolated.
- Semi-Isolated Workspace
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Creates a personal project that includes the master project and specifies one workspace. A master project defines shared locations (workgroup). A personal project for each designer includes the master project, and a personal workspace. The workgroup and library locations are inherited from the master project.
- Shared Project
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Creates a project that all design team members share. A master project defines shared locations (workgroup), and one or more libraries. A personal project for each designer includes the master project, and a personal workspace.
Good for small design teams with well-defined roles.
- Single User Project
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The default project type. Creates a project with one workspace where data files are located, no workgroup, and one or more libraries.
You work alone.
Project File
- Name
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Specifies a name and creates a project.
- Project Folder
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Creates a workgroup (for shared files) or workspace (for personal edits) location, depending on the project type. Shows the location of the uniquely named new subfolder of the projects folder (where the .ipj is located). If you change the default name, the folder name also changes unless you browse to a specific folder. If so, the program uses the located folder name and does not create a folder.
- Project File to be created
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Shows the path to the subfolder that represents the workgroup or workspace, and is the location of the new project file (.ipj).
- Master Project File
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When the project type is semi-isolated workspace, specifies the location of a project file to add in the Included file category. You can accept the path, edit the path, or click Browse to navigate to a different location.
Select Libraries
Specifies libraries to include in the new project. Available for all projects except Semi-isolated, which inherits libraries from the semi-isolated master project.
- All Projects
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Lists all libraries in existing projects and their locations. To add libraries to the new project, select one or more libraries in the list, and then click Add.
- New Project
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Lists libraries and their locations to include in the new project. To remove libraries, select one or more libraries in the list, and then click Remove.
- Library Location
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Shows the path to the location of the selected library.