AutoCAD Inventor :: 2013 Custom Material Library

May 4, 2012

I've made my own material library containing a short list of materials from the Inventor default library.  And I have set my Project ipj to use it as the default library.  All works OK.  But, every time I make a new project ipj I have to go find my custom library adsklib file to add it to the project.  Is there a certain folder the adsklib file need to live in so that new projects will pick it up automatically?

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Add Material To Custom Library

Jan 29, 2013

I have recently started playing with the new materials and appearances browsers - what a nightmare.

So I created a custom library as described in the "Materials and Appearances" whitepaper from Autodesk.

Bottom left corner of material browser > create new material

> edit material: change its name, density etc

Why can I not add it to the new custom library - from document materials?I tried to drag and drop - no success.

I tried to right click > add to > xxx material library - no success.It does however let me drag and drop to the "favorites".
 
Inventor Professional 2014.
Windows 7 64 bit.

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Feb 14, 2013

I have gone thru what appears to be the correct steps in creating a custom material library a total of 3 times.

Once I finish customizing the library while in Inventor, I add it to my project file and make it the "active" library.  I test it with each of my part & assembly templates on my local machine without an issue.  When I log into another work station, locate and add the new library to their project file Inventor gives me a "no materials found".  So I go back to my machine to check and the library is no longer valid for me either.

I can see the library on the server, the file size is 3.6MB so it has substance. I cannot figure out what I am doing that is causing the library from locking up completely when I try to use it with another work station. Also, if any way to make my library usable again that would save me about 8 hours of work.

all of our stations use the "generic.ipj" project file.

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Jan 16, 2013

When I implemented Inventor Pro 2013 I added all our custom materials to the Inventor Material Library.  This library is not local but on a shared network drive that everyone in my company can access.You can clearly see that it is not locked and is write enabled.  I dragged the local material to the library and I shows up in the library.  When I close and exit Inventor and re-open, it is no longer available.

You can clearly see by my screen capture that the new material was added to the library.  Why isn't is updating the library?

I have managed our Inventor styles and libraries for Inventor since 2003 (R5) and I never had as much problems getting my mind to wrap around this new appearances change that Autodesk has made.  I have wasted 4 hours this morning trying to add a simple custom material to my library and I cannot.

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Custom Library Created By Material Guide Auto Drop Table

Nov 20, 2011

I have created the Custom library of ISO bolts by adding the Material to existing ISO library using the Material Guide.
 
The goal is to make bolts black and anodized to be more specific with purchase orders from very beginning.
 
After the adding the material everything is working good except the auto drop. There is a wide Table pop ups with a lot of unnecessary info.
 
Is it possible to choose the columns to represent there? I mean leave just Material or Part Number ?

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Nov 4, 2013

how to edit or delete existing material in the library?In a part, I can rename, delete and create new materials using the Material broser.But how to transfer this modifications to library?

The only way i see is to "save styles to style library", but with this feature only the NEW created materials get saved in the library. But how to delete or modifiy materials that are already in the library?

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Nov 20, 2012

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I found that we could change almost everything, but not include material library.

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Jun 15, 2012

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May 28, 2013

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However, in the configure libraries dialog box my custom library doesn't even show up in the list along with my ANSI, ISO, "My Library", etc. Restarting Inventor didn't work.

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Jan 8, 2013

First, I have not grasped the extent yet of how the new appearance library works.. we don't get crazy with colors, reflections etc.. but we do have a handful of colors that we use on the machines we use.. so instead of using the default appearance library, i made a new appearance library.  All this went well, but i periodically as i need them will add colors to it.. problem is that i'm obviously doing something wrong, because my colors don't always stay in there after i restart Inventor.. and yesterday, i can't seem to keep any of the colors i setup in there to stay.. all i want to do is copy specific colors from inventors appearance library.. drag them into mine, rename them, maybe tweak the color, and then they be there for next time.. why won't they stay?  

The edit pencil will come up on my library.. i've done the release edit after i'm done.. everything works in this inventor session, but if i turn inventor off and back on again.. they are gone.. only thing i have thought of remaining is that 3 users on our network share the same design styles location so we all our using same stuff, so is the file inventor uses in design styles to save to read only or something, but i read that appearances aren't saved in design styles.. How to do this and the colors stay and populate through all the existing stuff.. I have got the colors to lock into my template ipt in the doc appearances.. and i've done the save to custom library thing.. works until i restart inventor..

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Mar 12, 2013

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Sep 4, 2013

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Jun 28, 2013

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Feb 21, 2013

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How can this be achieved in the content center (editor)?

Product Design Suite 2014
Inventor 2014, Vault 2014
HP Workstation Z220
Intel Xeon 3.4GHz
16GB RAM
Nvidia Quadro 4000
Windows 7 Professional (64bit)

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May 29, 2012

installed 32bit AutoCAD Map 3D 2013?

My install fails at the AML 2013 - Low Rez and I can't install Map at all.

  I don't think there is an option to no install the Material Library...

Here is my log file from a few minutes ago...

2012/5/29:12:31:55 gluckett PRAGUE Installing Autodesk Material Library 2013 - Low Resolution:   ADSK_EULA_STATUS=#1 MUILANG=en-us ADSK_SOURCE_ROOT="C:AutodeskAutoCAD_Map_3D_2013_English_Win_32bit" FILESINUSETEXT="" REBOOT=ReallySuppress ADSK_SETUP_EXE=1

 2012/5/29:12:32:47 gluckett PRAGUE Install Autodesk Material Library 2013 - Low Resolution Failed Installation aborted, Result=1603

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Sep 11, 2012

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Apr 26, 2011

We have recently upgraded from Inventor 2011 Routed Systems to Inventor Pro 2012.  We are using XP fully updated to the lastest SP and everything.  We have everything configured to our preferences but there is one thing that has been driving me batty.  When editing a solid part I open the Style and Standard Editor.  Down near the bottom under Realistic Appearance where there should be a ball with a shiney swatch there is a yellow triangle mocking me saying Autodesk Material Library is not available, also none of the bump maps are showing up on new or migrated files whether this is a related issue I am not sure of.  All of the normal and custom textures show up just fine, and all the bump textures are in their correct folder in the correct place.  I have tried switching the design data folder around with no success. 

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Oct 7, 2013

I am using inventor 2012 but the material library is not loading.Then i go to the Manage> Styles Editor> and clieck on color or material it only gives me the option of defualt.

The drop down box in the top right is greyed out so i cannot change this either.

It works fine on another PC just not mine.I have downloaded the material pack from the website also.

I have also changed the hardware settings. I have tried all 3 hardware settings and it makes no differance.

Running windows 7 x64, 8 gigs of ram 3.4 quad core, 128gig SSD.

Everything is up to date.When i installed the material library download the material library was working, but when i opened a file the material library went back to how it was above.

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Oct 31, 2013

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Oct 4, 2013

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AutoCAD Inventor :: Select Material In Library

Jan 2, 2013

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Jul 17, 2013

is it possible to group the material in the library?

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 inventor 2013

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Oct 22, 2013

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Is the material library information accessible this way?

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Oct 2, 2012

I was trying to add a new appearance to our libray this morning,  got confused and started searching here and ran across an old thread of mine. 

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I had always thought that these were two seperate things. After I read this, I noticed in my .ipj that the Inventor Materials Library is listed under both Appearance and Materials.

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Windows 7 x64 -12 GB Ram
Intel i7-930 @ 2.80ghz
nVidia GTS 250 -1GB (Driver 301.42)
INV Pro R2013, SP1 (before it was pulled)
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Oct 11, 2013

In Inventor 2014, is it possible to export a list of all of the materials in a given material library..? As text, or into Excel, or something similar?

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Restarting Inventor results in the material being downloaded from the library correctly.

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Video showing the behaviour [URL]

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Sep 7, 2012

I have copied the "Diamond Plate" from the Inventor Apperance Library to my document.  Now I want to edit the texture that this style is using. 

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Jun 6, 2013

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