Controlling Autodesk Inventor link dialogs

The [Settings] section of the Inventor application link tab may also be used to centrally control how Meridian will prompt the user when write access to an Autodesk Inventor document is required. These dialogs are intended to guide users in making sensible decisions during the design of their CAD models, but experienced users may perceive these warnings to be unnecessary.

The HideIsReadOnlyMsg setting suppresses the Open Read Only message that can appear when a document is under revision by someone else and a Quick Change or workflow change process cannot be started. The options for this setting are:

• HideIsReadOnlyMsg=0 – This is the default value. When set to zero, the dialog will be shown as needed.
• HideIsReadOnlyMsg=1 – When set to one, the dialog will be suppressed and the process will continue without further user notification. Keep in mind that the Meridian browser is readily available from within Autodesk Inventor for determining document availability.

The HideGetWriteAccess setting defines the action to be taken when a read-only document needs to be changed by Autodesk Inventor, such as during an Edit-In-Place operation within an assembly model. If the change cannot be initiated, the user will be notified accordingly. The options for this setting are:

• HideGetWriteAccess=0 – This is the default value. When set to zero, a dialog will display that gives the user the option to start a change or leave the document in a read-only state.
• HideGetWriteAccess=1 – When set to one, the dialog will be suppressed and the document will always be left as read-only.
• HideGetWriteAccess=2 – When set to two, the document will always be made writable by starting either a document workflow change or a Quick Change (based on the CreatesQuickChange setting).

The CreatesQuickChange setting determines the workflow path that will be taken when the Autodesk Inventor link automatically initiates a change process based on a user request to edit the document. The options for this setting are:

• CreatesQuickChange=0 – This is the default value. When set to zero, the document will be placed into the document workflow process associated to the document type to complete the change.
• CreatesQuickChange=1 – When set to one, a Quick Change will be started on the document.

Note    By default, these settings will be read from the server, as defined above. However, registry keys may be set at the local computer level, superseding the server side settings.

To create local overrides:

1. Create the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\InventorLink.
2. Create the DWORD value SettingsSource.
3. Modify the value for SettingsSource to 1. If set to 0, then the settings will continue to be read from the server.
4. Create a DWORD value corresponding to any (or all) of the settings defined above. Values should be set as defined above.