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■ A library creates an association between a library name and the folder for
the current project.
■ The relative path stored in the referencing file is relative only to the library
folder, not to any other project locations. Only the named library is
searched when resolving a library reference.
Workflow overview: Set library locations
1 In the Edit Project pane of the Project Editor, right-click Libraries, and
then select an option:
Enter a folder name and path in the box or browse
to the location.
Add path
Browse to, select a project (.ipj) file, and then click
Open. The local search paths from the selected file
are added to the current project.
Paths from file
Paste a copied path into the box.Paste path
Delete all paths.Delete section paths
2 Click Save.
3 If appropriate, right-click a library location, and then select menu options.
Library Locations for Mechanical Desktop Parts
Mechanical Desktop parts are stored in libraries. Mechanical Desktop parts
are linked to Autodesk Inventor assemblies through a proxy file that contains
linking information, so that the assembly component updates when the part
is edited in the Mechanical Desktop.
Before you add Mechanical Desktop parts to an assembly, set a library location
in the project for both the folder containing the Mechanical Desktop part files
and a corresponding proxy folder. The library names are the same except that
an underscore character (_) precedes the proxy library.
Because Mechanical Desktop files can contain more than one part, multiple
Autodesk Inventor parts might be retrieved from a single file.
About proxy files:
■ A proxy file is created when you place a Mechanical Desktop part as a
component in an assembly. Parts retrieved from a Mechanical Desktop file
are stored in a corresponding proxy library location.
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