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Originally Posted by trilogy2826
I have installed Inventor 2010 on our new segregated "network" of ten workstations and belatedly noticed that there is no way (that I know of) to use Vault without the Autodesk Data Management Server (ADMS) installed. After hours of fruitless searching on forums and the internet at large, I could not find access to ADMS. Does anyone know if this is even available?
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While I have not installed Inventor for this year, in my opinion, vault in the past has been a good solution. I've got an exceedingly boring video of what an assembly update might look like in a collaborative environment at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anPOum1mV_U The parts in the assembly structure that are flagged with red circles are parts/assemblies that have been updated by others and saved back to the vault. I was able to (relatively) quickly update my work to see the latest files. I would advise against a sneaker net solution because it is generally very difficult to manage who is editing what. It is also very difficult to make sure that everyone has the appropriate revision of context parts. Just managing both of these for a FIRST robot can quickly become a full time job.
Both methods (vault & sneaker net) are dependent on having a commonly understood assembly structure for the design group like Chexposito mentioned. How it is structured is less important than that the structure is commonly understood.
When I have used the vault in the past, the ADMS was installed along with it with the flip of a single toggle. It was very easy to miss, in fact I did several times and lost a fair amount of hair to it. I would suggest looking back through the install options for it. Additionally, you may need to install the Windows IIS component (which may require the windows CD). I'll have to look through my notes at home to figure out some additional detail. I may need to actually download Inventor 2010 to know what I am talking about too.