About Autodesk Inventor dialogs

Some actions in Autodesk Inventor show Meridian application link dialogs instead of the default Autodesk Inventor dialogs because the action involves documents in Meridian. Some of the dialogs are explained here.

If the Update Replaced Documents dialog box appears when you open an assembly or subassembly, it means that your assembly contains references to part drawings that have been replaced by newer versions.

• To keep the reference to the old version (now retired in the vault), click Cancel. A message will appear to remind you that you cannot edit retired parts.
• To update the reference to the newer version, click Update.
• To update only some references, clear the check boxes for the references you do not want to update, and then click Update.

This dialog also appears if you open a drawing view containing views of an assembly with replaced references that have not been updated.

A Meridian Save dialog box appears when you save changes to an assembly file because Autodesk Inventor wants to write changes to the files that the assembly references. The dialog lists the files and their current vault status. The documents must be checked out to you to be able to save changes. Meridian filters out the documents that are either not under change by you or under change by another person, so that no errors will occur when Autodesk Inventor attempts to write to a document that you do not have the access to edit.

Note    Remember that, depending on the revision methodology you use (document workflow or derived documents), changing a part may update all of the assemblies that reference it.

• Autodesk Inventor informs you that a referenced document is read-only.
• Another user attempts to edit a referenced document.

Meridian can also be configured to start a Quick Change when you need to check out components, to redraw title blocks when properties are synchronized, and to apply specific document types to new library components. These settings may be set in the server’s registry, in the vault’s configuration. The settings are detailed in the BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Configuration Guide.