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How to add Fonts to AutoCAD for MAC

By: Jeff Arbogast , CSV | Solution Center Team Lead

Issue:
You want to add SHX and/or TTF (True Type Font) Font files to your AutoCAD for MAC.

Causes:
Need to add Font Files to AutoCAD for MAC

Solution:
You can add Fonts for AutoCAD for MAC into the application package. You can install TTF (True Type Font) files using Font Book to allow other applications on the system to use the TTF (True Type Font) as well as AutoCAD.

To Install into AutoCAD:
1.) Go to /Applications/Autodesk/AutoCAD 20(version)/.

2.) Right click AutoCAD20(version).app select show package content.

3.) Navigate to /Contents/Resources/Fonts.

4.) Copy your Font into SHX (for AutoCAD SHX files) or TTF (for True Type Fonts) (Notes as mentioned above you can use Font Book to install these for all applications on the system).

Inventor-Insert Frame dialog box suddenly doesn't open anymore

The Frame Generator 'Insert Frame' command isn't opening a dialog box anymore in Inventor.

It used to work but now it doesn't seem to invoke the command at all.

In the Status Bar it stays at 'Ready' but should update to show the command prompt 'Select a line or drag a window':

If the command seems to be working( with 'Select a line or drag a window' in the Status bar) but you don't see the dialog box, try this to get the dialog box back from off screen:

Inventor dialog box off screen

If the dialog box still can't be found try the Inventor Reset Utility:

Inventor Reset Utility

If the command doesn't start check that the Content Center Libraries are all available and set the correct location.

In Application Options > Content Center tab > Access Options, select Vault Server or Desktop Content:

Verify that the Project is configured to use all the available Content Center Libraries:

If none of the previous steps help, perform a clean uninstall to fix it:

Inventor clean uninstall

In the IMAGINiT Vault Change Summary Utility, can it detect deleted files?

New in the 2020 edition of the IMAGINiT Utilities for Vault Server, the new Vault Change Summary utility offers several novel features to notify you if there are changes to files in Vault.

From the Help file:

"The Vault Change Summary tool is intended to be setup to run as a scheduled task, sending out a summary email to designated users about the files that have been created/checked in within a given time period."

A recent Vault 2020 customer wanted to know if the new Vault Change Summaries can detect a deleted file.

Currently, detecting deleted files in Vault is not a supported feature.

Note: A new feature of Vault 2021 is a method to track files that have been deleted or downloaded by checking 'Enable to view log records for:

• Downloaded Files
• Deleted Files

These options are unchecked by default in the ADMS Console under Tools > Administration > Advanced Settings > Settings button, under Log File Configuration.

The results are listed under the new Audit Logs entry in the ADMS Console under Management.

 

Help file for IMAGINiT Utilities for Vault Client

Occasionally we get asked about locating the documentation and help files for our IMAGINiT Utilities for Vault Client.

The Help is delivered as a locally installed binary file with the Microsoft Compiled HTML Help .chm extension. It contains a set of HTML files, a hyperlinked table of contents, and an index file.

By default, the compiled Help file is located on the Vault client workstation here:

C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Vault 2020\Extensions\IMAGINiT.VaultClientUtils\IMAGINiT_Utilities_for_Vault_Client.chm

To access help, though, you don't need to locate that file to open it directly, although you can.

But, if you are in the Vault Client, on a workstation, open one of the utilities under Tools/IMAGINiT Utilities and pick one, such as 'Template Folder:Admin'.

In that utility, click the Help button and help for that utility is shown. On the left side, you can also access Help for the other client utilities.

Note: For reference, here is a listing of the utilities included for Vault Client.

NEW in Utilities for Vault Client 2020:

Automated STEP File Creation: Create STEP files on-demand or automatically tie them to a lifecycle transition.

Update Folder from Template: Easily update your project templates to match a new set of folders, access control lists, and more.

IMAGINiT Utility Admin: Allows administrators to choose which utilities are shown and made available to users.

Other Tools Include:

Link Generator: Retrieve URL links to the Vault Thin Client for selected files or items, making it easy to send information to others.

Auto-Update Folder Properties to File Properties: Quickly synchronize properties applied at the folder level to corresponding properties at the file level.

Create Local Folders: Create folders in the Vault working folder hierarchy to match the Vault folders.

Visual Lifecycle Tab: Provide a visual description of the current file’s lifecycle definition, including its current state as well as the available transitions to other states.

Standard Folders: Enables the administrator to configure folders of standards that are updated whenever someone logs into Vault. Provides support for Administrative-only templates (when creating folders from templates) and for forcing a get-latest on single folders.

Lifecycle Change Notifier*: Provides an email notification when your project has lifecycle state changes and allows support for reporting properties in the Lifecycle Notification setup.

Create Folder from Template: Quickly and easily set up complex project folder structures with the click of a button. No more manually creating directories, sub-folders or clunky work-a-rounds. Setup multiple templates per your project and/or office standards and make use of this time saver.

Extract Bill of Materials (BOM): Create a BOM within Vault, based on your CAD data and export to Excel or CSV.

Create PDF/DWG/DXF: Generate PDFs from Inventor IDW and DWG files at the press of a button using the Job Processor. The PDFs can be stored in the Vault or published to an external folder. If you require additional automation, Utilities for Vault Client can also auto-generate jobs based on key lifecycle events (for example, releasing a file). PDFs can be created either on-demand or automatically as product lifecycles change. Includes new job types for making DWG and DXF files from IDW files and provides support for publishing PDFs on lifecycle changes outside of the Vault.

Batch Checkout of Files**: Simple method of checking out multiple files at once.

IMAGINiT Utilities for Vault Client is free to clients who have an annual Autodesk product subscription through IMAGINiT. Ask your representative for additional details.

* This utility only available in Utilities for Vault Client 2015 - 2020.

** This utility only available in Utilities for Vault Client 2014 - 2020.

 

Note: Click the link to request access to the IMAGINiT Utilities for Vault Client.

 

Civil 3D Transformation Settings Altered After Save and Close

Issue:

You have added Transformation settings in your Civil 3D drawing, and after saving and re-opening the drawing the settings have not been save and have been changed to different values.

Current Settings (in 2018):

After opening in 2019-2021:

Notice how the Transformation settings are not held from the saved drawing.

Causes:

This is a known defect with Civil 3D 2019, 2020 & 2021. The defect is logged with the Autodesk Civil Development team as CIVIL-26981

Solution:

The only solution / workaround at this time is to use Civil 3D 2018 for those projects requiring that needed Transformation Process (it can communicate with 2019-2021 without issues).

Autodesk Civil 3D: How to Manually Copy a Part List from One Drawing to Another

By: Jeff Arbogast , CSV | Solution Center Team Lead

Issue:
How to manually copy a part list to another file

Solution:

1.) Open both files into the same session of Civil 3D.

2.) Make the Drawing you wish to add the Parts List to active (The one you can see in the drawing window).

3.) In the Settings Tab of the Toolspace at the top select the dropdown as show in the image and select Master View.

4.) In the Toolspace, you will now see all files you have open in this session.

5.) Scroll down to the Drawing you wish to copy the parts List from and expand Pipe Network.

6.) Expand Parts Lists.

7.) Select and hold down the Parts List you want and drag this list into the new Drawings Graphic (Drawing area) and drop.

8.) You will now have this Parts List added to the new file.

Autodesk Civil 3D Importstylesandsettings command does not import Pipe Network Part Lists

By: Jeff Arbogast , CSV | Solution Center Team Lead

Issue:
Importstylesandsettings command does not import Part Lists

Causes:
Unknown

Solution:
This is a known issue and is with Autodesk Development.

Work around
You must manually copy the Part List into the new file

Link To
Autodesk Civil 3D How to Manually copy a Part list from one Drawing to another