Drawing Resource Transfer Wizard

Copies drawing resources from a source drawing to a target drawing.

Use the Drawing Resource Transfer Wizard to:

Transfer selected title blocks, borders, and sketch symbols to multiple drawings.
Optionally replace existing resources in the target drawing.

About iLogic and Drawing Resource Transfer Wizard

If there is an iLogic event trigger set for Before Save Document in the target file, the Drawing Resource Transfer Wizard will attempt to execute the rule in the last save step which stops the transfer operation. To avoid this, do one of the following in Inventor before you start:

Go to ToolsAdd-Ins and disable Load Automatically for the iLogic add-in.
Go to ToolsOptionsiLogic Configuration, click Security Options, and set Event triggers to: None - all events disabled.

Access

With Autodesk Inventor closed, click Start Programs Autodesk Autodesk Inventor [version] Tools Drawing Resource Transfer Wizard.

Welcome page

Describes the Drawing Resource Transfer Wizard processes.

Select Source Drawing and Resources page

Selects the source drawing, displays a preview image, and lists drawing resources.

Source Drawing

Selects files to process in a detailed view.

Preview

If available, displays a thumbnail view of the source drawing.

Source Resource

Displays the drawing resources hierarchy.

Select Target Drawings page

Specifies the target drawing or multiple drawings. Navigate to the appropriate folder.

Add drawings

Opens the Select Target Drawings so you can browse to the desired folder to select one or more target drawings. A target drawing can be listed only once. Click the File or Path column name to sort files.

Skipped Files

Dialog box opens if a target file:

Is the same as the source drawing.
Is already listed.
Is read-only.
Has not been migrated to the current version of Autodesk Inventor.

Progresses to the next page when one or more target drawings are specified.

Select Option page

Specifies how to handle drawing resources in the target file that have the same name as drawing resources in the source file.

Yes

Replaces drawing resources in the target file with the same name as resources in the source file.

No

Gives a unique name to target drawing resources that have the same name as in the source file. The copied resource is named Copy of ResourceName. The target drawing version retains its original name.

Begin the Batch Processing page

Shows progress of transferred selected borders, title blocks, and sketch symbols.

Start

Begins processing of selected files.

Pause

Temporarily halts transferring resources.

Cancel

Halts processing.

A log file displays results of the processing.