Migrate custom Desktop Content library to Inventor 2012

You have created a custom Desktop Content library in Inventor 2010 or 2011 and you want to migrate it to Inventor 2012.

In order to do this, follow the steps below.

Copy the idcl file of the custom library (i.e.: Demo.idcl) from the R2010 or R2011 location (i.e.: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Inventor 2011\Content Center\Libraries\) to the R2012 one (C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Inventor 2012\Content Center\Libraries\).

In case, you can check the location paths in Inventor, menu Tools > Options > Application Options > Content center tab.

 

In Inventor 2012, Open the Projects dialog and click on Configure Content Center Libraries.

 

You should see your library in the list with an exclamation mark.

Select the checkbox near your library, click Ok for closing the Configure dialog and click on Save for saving the change in the project.

 

Click again on Configure Content Center Libraries.

In the Configure dialog, click on the Update Tool button.

 

Click Next in the following dialogs for migrating and synchronizing your library that you should see listed and selected in some of them.

When the migration and the synchronization are finished, click on Close for closing the Update Tool dialog.

 

In the Configure dialog your library should display selected and without the exclamation mark.

Click on Ok for closing the Configure dialog and on Done for closing the Projects dialog.

 

After that, your library should be available in Inventor 2012 as well.

Note. In case you need to convert your ADMS Content library to a Desktop Content one, see the solution http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=TS14048360

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