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Brian Schanen joined Autodesk in 2005 as a Product Designer and currently is a Customer Success Engineer for Autodesk’s Data Management products. Brian has taught at Autodesk University numerous times and has authored white papers on Vault and Productstream. He works with customers to implement a complete digital prototyping solution specializing in Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Vault and Productstream. Brian lives near Detroit, Michigan.
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iFilename for Inventor
June 24, 2008, 12:53 AM Brian SchanenAutomatic naming of Inventor files upon creation is possible with iFilename from Cadspec. This utility works off of existing Item naming schemes within Productstream to ensure not only unique file names are checked into Vault, but they adhere to company standards. Simply start by setting up an Item Numbering scheme:
Add a new scheme and set the length, start number, step size, and any other prefix/suffix data.
With the Add In loaded, creation of new Inventor files from Templates will display a dialog box allowing you to choose one of your existing Item Naming schemes and assign this name to the file.
This utility is ideal for Item Number reservation during part and assembly creation. Multiple numbering schemes can be used for different Item Types. In addition, naming schemes can be generated from an MS Access database. This supports the 2008 and 2009 releases of Inventor and Productstream. Download a 30 day trial here: http://www.cadspec.co.uk/index.php?page=development
-Brian Schanen
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