Inventor/ADMS 2009 Custom Libraries

After upgrading to Inventor 2009 and Productstream/Vault 2009, I cannot see my Custom Libraries that were created with Inventor 2008.

What do I need to do to make them work with Inventor 2009?

Open ADMS 2009 on the Server and make a COPY of your existing Library that was created in Inventor/ADMS 2008.
Right Click on your library "AI2008_My Library" and select COPY.


In the COPY LIBRARY dialog box make sure PARTITION is set to AUTODESK INVENTOR 2009, and then type the name of the new Database and then click OK.



After the copy finishes you should have a copy of the Library now in 2009 format. To be used with Inventor 2009.


Now in INVENTOR Project click "Configure Libraries" and then click the "ADD" button and you should see the one you just created.
Click OK to add it to the list of Libraries.

How to Assign an Item to a New CAD file

1. In Vault explorer browse to the folder where the New CAD files was added.

2. Right click on the CAD file and select “Assign Item”


3. Fill out fields as needed then click the NEXT button.

4. In the “Find Duplicates” dialog box click “Finish” button.

5. In the “View Results” dialog box click the “Close” button

6. You will now see the Item Icon next to the drawing filename. This indicates that an Item has been assigned to the CAD file.

7. Right click on the drawing with an Assigned Item and select “Go To Item”

8. Now you will see the newly created Item with all attribute properties extracted from the AutoCAD Title Block under the “Properties section and you will also see the associated file under the “Associated Files” section.