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Create a part or assembly file using the Copy Design tool or from scratch.
Transcript
00:03
There are two main ways to create a new file.
00:06
You can either copy an existing file or create a new one from scratch.
00:10
First, I'll show the way of creating a new file from an existing file, using the Copy Design command in Vault.
00:17
It can be launched as a standalone application, or in Vault, after selecting a file to copy, select Copy Design... from the Edit menu,
00:26
or from the right-click menu as we'll do here
00:29
by making a copy of the RotaryVee assembly.
00:33
the Copy Design window opens showing its interface and lists the files related to the RotaryVee assembly.
00:40
The Copy Design command enables you to copy an entire design, including all related files.
00:47
You can see here a drawing of the RotaryVee assembly, its sub-assemblies, and parts.
00:52
With Copy Design, you can choose to copy, reuse, replace, or exclude specified files.
00:59
Here, we'll copy the top-level assembly,
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one of the sub-assemblies, and the housing part, using Copy To... from the right-click menu
01:08
to copy the files into a folder that's different from the original folder.
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In this case, we'll create a new folder and name it “Rotary Vee New”.
01:20
You can see that the Destination Path column updates with the new folder name.
01:27
You'll see that for the drawing it shows Auto, which means it too will be copied.
01:32
In this example, let's also replace one of the parts with a different part.
01:37
We'll replace “cylinder” with the part “cylinder2”.
01:48
Now, for the naming of the copied files.
01:51
You can do this a number of ways, such as in the main table by manually changing the names shown in the Destination Name column,
01:59
or using Find and replace.
02:02
Or, you can do it in the Numbering pane.
02:05
For this example, let's remove the default prefix and add the suffix, “_New”.
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You can do this by right-clicking in the background and selecting Set Values > Prefix..., and selecting OK to show no prefix.
02:21
And now, selecting Suffix... and entering “_New”. Before executing the Copy
02:29
Design command, review what you plan to do by selecting each tab in the Actions pane.
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First select the Actions pane, and then for Copy, you see the copied files including the drawing.
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Now, select Reuse to see which files are being reused and then Replace.
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You can see that the cylinder is being replaced by the cylinder2 part.
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Now, select the Execute Copy command.
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When done, the check marks confirm that the copy design was successful.
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To see the copied files in the new folder, select Go To from the right-click menu and select Destination Folder.
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And here, you'll see all the new design files in the new folder.
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Now, to show how to create a new file from scratch, you can create the new file from a CAD or other authoring program.
03:31
I'll show example here in Autodesk Inventor, by first selecting New, and then selecting a template from the list.
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We'll select the Standard part template, and then click Create to create the part.
03:50
You can save the file locally as usual until you are ready to share, by checking it into the Vault.
03:60
After finished modelling, click the Save icon to save it locally to a folder that is already mapped to a Vault folder.
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Change its file name if you like, then click Save.
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Let's first look at the Vault browser to see that it's not yet in the Vault, and to use Check In.
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To check it in, click the Check In icon from the Vault tab, then add your comments,
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and then click OK.
04:44
Now we can select the Vault icon to switch back to the Vault, refresh the folder that it was checked in to, and see the file.
04:55
Clicking on the file, we can see some information in the preview pane.
04:60
The version is 1, since we've checked it in once. We can also see our Check In comment.
00:03
There are two main ways to create a new file.
00:06
You can either copy an existing file or create a new one from scratch.
00:10
First, I'll show the way of creating a new file from an existing file, using the Copy Design command in Vault.
00:17
It can be launched as a standalone application, or in Vault, after selecting a file to copy, select Copy Design... from the Edit menu,
00:26
or from the right-click menu as we'll do here
00:29
by making a copy of the RotaryVee assembly.
00:33
the Copy Design window opens showing its interface and lists the files related to the RotaryVee assembly.
00:40
The Copy Design command enables you to copy an entire design, including all related files.
00:47
You can see here a drawing of the RotaryVee assembly, its sub-assemblies, and parts.
00:52
With Copy Design, you can choose to copy, reuse, replace, or exclude specified files.
00:59
Here, we'll copy the top-level assembly,
01:02
one of the sub-assemblies, and the housing part, using Copy To... from the right-click menu
01:08
to copy the files into a folder that's different from the original folder.
01:13
In this case, we'll create a new folder and name it “Rotary Vee New”.
01:20
You can see that the Destination Path column updates with the new folder name.
01:27
You'll see that for the drawing it shows Auto, which means it too will be copied.
01:32
In this example, let's also replace one of the parts with a different part.
01:37
We'll replace “cylinder” with the part “cylinder2”.
01:48
Now, for the naming of the copied files.
01:51
You can do this a number of ways, such as in the main table by manually changing the names shown in the Destination Name column,
01:59
or using Find and replace.
02:02
Or, you can do it in the Numbering pane.
02:05
For this example, let's remove the default prefix and add the suffix, “_New”.
02:10
You can do this by right-clicking in the background and selecting Set Values > Prefix..., and selecting OK to show no prefix.
02:21
And now, selecting Suffix... and entering “_New”. Before executing the Copy
02:29
Design command, review what you plan to do by selecting each tab in the Actions pane.
02:37
First select the Actions pane, and then for Copy, you see the copied files including the drawing.
02:44
Now, select Reuse to see which files are being reused and then Replace.
02:51
You can see that the cylinder is being replaced by the cylinder2 part.
02:56
Now, select the Execute Copy command.
03:02
When done, the check marks confirm that the copy design was successful.
03:07
To see the copied files in the new folder, select Go To from the right-click menu and select Destination Folder.
03:16
And here, you'll see all the new design files in the new folder.
03:23
Now, to show how to create a new file from scratch, you can create the new file from a CAD or other authoring program.
03:31
I'll show example here in Autodesk Inventor, by first selecting New, and then selecting a template from the list.
03:41
We'll select the Standard part template, and then click Create to create the part.
03:50
You can save the file locally as usual until you are ready to share, by checking it into the Vault.
03:60
After finished modelling, click the Save icon to save it locally to a folder that is already mapped to a Vault folder.
04:10
Change its file name if you like, then click Save.
04:16
Let's first look at the Vault browser to see that it's not yet in the Vault, and to use Check In.
04:27
To check it in, click the Check In icon from the Vault tab, then add your comments,
04:40
and then click OK.
04:44
Now we can select the Vault icon to switch back to the Vault, refresh the folder that it was checked in to, and see the file.
04:55
Clicking on the file, we can see some information in the preview pane.
04:60
The version is 1, since we've checked it in once. We can also see our Check In comment.