Copy or replace drawing resources in multiple drawings

You must close Autodesk Inventor before you can use the Drawing Resource Transfer Wizard.

  1. Click Start menu Programs Autodesk Autodesk Inventor [version] Tools Drawing Resource Transfer Wizard.
  2. Click Next to start the wizard and open the Select Source Drawing dialog box.
  3. Navigate to the source drawing and click Open.
  4. A preview and drawing resources of the source drawing are shown. Accept the selected resources to transfer or clear the check mark to skip.
  5. Click Next to open the Select Target Drawings dialog box. Navigate to the target drawing and click Open. To add more target drawings, click the folder and navigate to a new drawing.

    If appropriate, clear check marks from targeted drawings to remove from processing.

  6. Click Next, and then specify what to do if drawing resources have the same name in both source and target files.
    • Click Yes to replace resources in the target file with resources in the source file.
    • Click No to assign unique names to copied resources from the source file. The target file resources retain their original names.
  7. Click Pause to halt processing temporarily. Click Resume to continue.
  8. A log reports the results of the transfer. Click Exit to close the dialog box.