Migrate Files task

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

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.

Files created in Inventor 2011

When you migrate files created in Inventor 2011, ensure that the top assembly folder contains the top assembly folder and any assembly component folders. If you locate assembly components in any different sub folders, and then migrate the files, the visibility of some components changes in the migrated files.

Tips

• 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 LT 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 drawings can depend on parts:

  1. Parts
  2. 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.