In this topic, you open a completed mold assembly.
The mold assembly and its associated files, including library files, are provided for you. The project file of the original designer is also included.
- In Windows Explorer, navigate to the Mold tutorials and expand the CoverMold directory.
- Notice that the folder contains the following subfolders to help organize the data files:
- The Libraries folder contains the files that were generated from the Content Center. Because the assembly is no longer on the system on which it was created, this directory was provided with all the required Content Center data.
- The Cover Mold folder contains all the mold assembly files that were generated when the mold assembly was created.
- Minimize Windows Explorer. Launch Inventor if it is not yet running.
- Close all open windows in Inventor
. Project files cannot be activated if files are open. - On the ribbon, click Get Started tab > Launch panel > Projects
. - Click Browse. Navigate to and select the project file: CoverMold.ipj.
- Click Open. This project file, which was provided by the mold assembly designer, is listed in the Projects dialog box and is automatically set as the active project.
- Click Done to close the Projects dialog box.
- On the ribbon, click Get Started tab > Launch panel > Open
. - Navigate to and select CoverMold.iam.
- Click Open to open the mold assembly. The Resolve Link dialog box appears, indicating that the mold assembly has failed to open. It is because it cannot find components that were used in the original assembly. If you searched for the missing file, you would find it in the Libraries directory that has been provided. The assembly cannot find this directory due to problems in the project file.
- Click Cancel in the Resolve Link dialog box.