Migrate Files task

Migrates your files after you install an updated release of your application.

When selecting files to migrate, you can select files outside of or within the Vault:

• Specific files.
• All files in a directory including subfolders.
• All files that an assembly references
• All files in an Autodesk Inventor project.

You can add files from a remote server or remote workstation. Use a unique UNC path, such as \\server_name\our_folders. Avoid using different drive mappings or different UNC paths to the same file.

If you select a project that has a style library, the migration process removes any unused styles.

Tips

• Run the Purge task on your data to clean out the styles that did not match the style library.
• You can migrate drawing files in a defer-update state. Set this option manually in the Drawing Settings dialog box to allow updates to continue.
• In the migration options, Total Rebuild increases the performance of the Inventor application.
• To benefit fully from memory saving mode, migrate all of your R10 and earlier files using Task Scheduler.

Tips for migrating files

• Back up all Autodesk Inventor files before you migrate them. Maintain the original directory structure in your backup so that you can restore files if necessary.

• If you migrate specific files, follow this migration order, since assemblies depend on parts, and drawings can depend on both parts and assemblies:

  1. Parts
  2. Subassemblies
  3. Assemblies
  4. Presentations
  5. Drawings
• The migration skips certain types of files:
  • Read-only.
  • Previously migrated.
  • Built in non production versions of your application, such as in a Beta version.
  • Files with missing references.
• Before you run a migration task, authorize your Inventor application on your system.