Legacy user libraries that contain user-published content or standard content modifications must be migrated to make them usable in Content Center. If your legacy libraries reside on a server, you must first transform the libraries to the new server database schema. We recommend you to transform libraries by the migration process that is started automatically after installation. After you transform legacy libraries on the server, copy them to the server partition for the new Autodesk Inventor version. Then migrate and synchronize libraries by using the Update Tool.
Configure Libraries dialog box lists libraries available in the Desktop Content location or in the corresponding partition of the Vault server. Out-of-date user libraries are marked with the following icon:
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Migration needed marks a library that contains data from a previous version of Autodesk Inventor. The library cannot be used in Content Center until it is migrated. |
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Synchronization needed marks a library that contains data families with a link to parent families and some of the parent families were changed. The library can be used in Content Center but instanced members of parent families and copied families may differ. |
Update Tool
Update Tool is a wizard that migrates the content of legacy libraries into the current Autodesk Inventor version and synchronizes the copied families with link and their parents.
Migration process transfers family templates and family data to a new Autodesk Inventor format. All legacy user libraries must be migrated before they can be used in a new version of Autodesk Inventor.
A legacy user library is marked as Migration Needed, when it is added into the configuration in a newer Autodesk Inventor version.
Synchronization process propagates edits from a parent family to the copied (child) family with link. Data overridden on the family copy are preserved, but all other changes are applied. If you changed the template file, your template file is overwritten on family update.
A family with a link becomes out-of-date if the parent family changes (that means if a new version of the parent family is installed or if the parent family is edited). The parent family must be available in the Content Center configuration to keep synchronization. If a parent family is not available, the corresponding copied family is marked as up-to-date. After you add the library with the edited parent family to the configuration, the copied family is recognized as out-of-date, and its library is marked as Synchronization Needed.
Failures in the synchronization process
The automatic data migration may fail for some families in the library. Then you must fix the families manually. Specifically, the following data or changes may require user interaction:
- User-published families (parts) in categories requiring authored content must be first updated (and re-authored in case that the category definition was changed).
- Families that were copied from the legacy Standard Content Library and members that were added that represent user sizes.
- New category parameters that require column mapping.
- Removed Category parameters.
- Changes in part templates.
- Changes in the family name.
- Edits in family table.
- New Families.
- Part templates of the user-published parts.