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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Creating Custom Content for Autodesk Inventor Content Center - Part 4 (Hint: Editing Family Tables)

“I won't deny there's some big changes coming down the road.”
Rick Higgins

In my last blog post on Content Center, I wrote about adding components to Content Center.  But just because the component is added, doesn't mean it's ready yet.

An image of the wood screw I placed into Content Center in my last blog

There may be fields to be added, removed, or changed.  You might want to add components to your tables, making more variations of your part available.




So this is a blog on how you can start making changes to your tables, expanding them and making them work for you .

In this video, I take the wood screw that I added to my Content Center in my last blog, and add some stainless steel variations, remove an unneeded column.

I'll also make one of the columns a "Key" column that will allow me to choose a Stainless Steel or Carbon Steel wood screw.

Placing the screw.  Nominal size, Total Length, & Material are my key columns.

I wish I could cover all the possible changes that could be made, but there's just too many to cover.  But the video should help get you started!

2 comments:

  1. Can we set an iMate to that bolt? After publish still can add or before publish need to add? Thanks in advance

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    1. I personally, haven't messed with iMates. I place using the method in the link here. http://autode.sk/2cD79VS

      You should be able to add imates by using a template. You can also change it by editing the same template.

      The steps for the latter are here: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-general-discussion/imates-and-the-content-center/td-p/3053640

      I couldn't find any steps for the former, I'm afraid.

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