Publishing Inventor projects to Revizto Follow
This article describes how to publish Inventor projects to Revizto.
Overview
You can publish models and sheets from an Inventor project to Revizto.
Prerequisites
Before you publish Inventor projects to Revizto, ensure that the following conditions are met:
- Your computer meets the requirements for publishing projects.
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Both Inventor and Revizto are installed on your computer.
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You have the required access rights in the destination Revizto project.
The required set of access rights depends on your goals. Consult the following table.
Right Description Add new 3D models Publish new 3D models and new versions of the 3D models that you published earlier.
This does not grant the right to publish new versions of 3D models that were previously published by other Revizto users.
Manage all 3D models Publish all 3D models, including new versions of the 3D models that were previously published by other Revizto users. Add new sheets Publish new sheets and new versions of sheets that you published earlier.
This does not grant the right to publish new versions of sheets that were previously published by other Revizto users.
Manage all sheets Publish all sheets, including new versions of sheets that were previously published by other Revizto users. Assign custom object properties This right is required to set model coordinates in Revizto when you publish a 3D model for the first time.
Principles
You can publish the following from an Inventor project to Revizto:
- A model with its viewpoints, textures, object geometries, and object properties.
- Sheets that belong to the models with the sheet numbers, names, revisions, and properties.
When you publish models and sheets from an Inventor project to Revizto, the following rules apply:
- When you publish sheets for the first time, they are published to a folder that is named after the model. Then you can edit the structure of sheet folders in Revizto as you like. The folder structure will be preserved during the next publishing.
- When you re-publish an Inventor project, the destination scene is completely overwritten. If some models are missing from the view or selection that you publish, they will be deleted from Revizto after publishing.
- When you re-publish an Inventor project, the sheets that you publish will overwrite their previous versions. Other sheets that were previously published from this Inventor project remain intact.
Limitations
When you publish models and sheets from an Inventor project to Revizto, the following limitation applies:
- Objects that don’t have polygonal presentations (have the same look in the 3dWireframe and Shaded modes) are not published.
- Due to Inventor API limitations, scheduling publishing is not supported. Only manual publishing to Revizto is available.
Publishing options
These options apply when you publish Inventor projects to Revizto.
Model publishing settings
When you publish your Inventor project to Revizto, you can specify the model publishing settings.
| Option | Description |
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Model view |
Select the 3D view to be published. Only the elements that are visible in the view will be published to Revizto. |
| Viewpoints |
If you want to publish Inventor views to Revizto viewpoints, select this checkbox.
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Sheet publishing settings
When you publish your Inventor project to Revizto, you can specify the sheet publishing settings.
| Option | Description |
| Additional files |
If you store sheets in external .idw or .dwg files, click Add and select these files. To remove all external files, click Clear. |
| Select sheets to publish |
Select the sheets that you want to publish.
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Publishing Inventor projects
You can publish an Inventor project to Revizto manually.
To publish an Inventor project to Revizto:
- In Inventor, open the source project.
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At the top menu, go to Add-Ins > Revizto 5 > Publish to Revizto.
Troubleshooting:
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If your Inventor project is not linked to a Revizto project, you will proceed to the Link to Revizto project dialog.
- To create a project and link the model to it, click Create a new Revizto project, click OK, enter the project name, and click OK.
- To link the model to an existing project, click Link to an existing Revizto project, click OK, select a project, and click OK.
This will create a local project. Then you can open it in the Revizto application and upload it to a cloud or shared location.
- If it is the first time you are publishing to this Revizto project and the Revizto project already has a 3D model, select the destination scene and click OK.
- Add as a new model. Publish the Inventor models to a new scene.
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Update an existing model. Select a Revizto scene to overwrite.
Troubleshooting:
- If you selected Update an existing model in the previous step, review the mapping between the Inventor models and the Revizto models and correct it if needed, then click OK.
- If you want to publish models, select the Publish 3D models checkbox, and then specify the model publishing settings.
- If you want to publish sheets, select the Publish sheets check box, click Select sheets, specify the sheet publishing settings, and click Save.
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If you want to change the destination Revizto project, click Change.
You will proceed to the Link to Revizto project dialog. For the description of this dialog, see step 3 of this procedure.
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If there is an asterisk next to the Publishing settings title, some of the settings that are stored in a configuration file and affect publishing have non-default values. Move the pointer over the asterisk to review the changed settings.
- Click Publish.
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Wait until publishing is completed.
This might take from several minutes to several hours, depending on the project size, the number of sheets, and the performance of your computer.
Troubleshooting
To troubleshoot publishing your Inventor projects to Revizto, see the following sections:
Starting publishing
Q: In Inventor, the "Publish to Revizto 5" menu item is unavailable.
A: Perform the following steps:
- Open Inventor Add-in Manager and ensure that the Revizto plug-in is loaded.The plug-in name is Revizto.Inventor.<Inventor version>.
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If the Revizto plug-in is not on the list, ensure that the following conditions are met:
- You are using a supported Inventor version.
- Revizto is installed on your computer.
If both conditions are met, the Inventor plug-in that was installed with Revizto is missing or corrupted. To restore the plug-in, close Inventor and reinstall Revizto.
Publishing errors
Q: When I publish a project from Inventor to Revizto, I get the "The project is locked by another instance of Revizto. To unlock the project, close other Revizto instances on your device." error.
A: Another application is writing data to a Revizto project. This might be manual or scheduled publishing from another authoring tool, or synchronization with a cloud. Wait until the operation is completed or cancel it.
Q: When I choose to update an existing model, some of the models in the list are unavailable. They are marked with the icon.
A: This can have the following reasons:
- The first version of the model was published by another project member, and you do not have enough rights to overwrite it.
- The model was published from another authoring tool. It can be overwritten only from that authoring tool.
Please consult the project owner on the correct method of updating the model.
Publishing results
Q: I cannot find a published model in Revizto.
A: Do the following:
- In the Revizto application, open the object tree.
- In the object tree, right-click the model and click Focus on objects.
- If you still cannot find the model, in the object tree, right-click the model and click Isolate.
Note. You can undo the isolation by clicking Undo at the bottom toolbar.
Q: After publishing from Inventor, some parts of a model are not displayed in Revizto.
A: This can have the following reasons:
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The camera visibility distance in Revizto is short. The model parts were published but you cannot see them from that distance.
In the Revizto application, do one of the following:
- Move closer to see the missing parts.
- In Preferences > Camera, increase the camera visibility distance.
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To optimize model rendering, Revizto draws only one side of each polygon. You do not see the polygons because their surfaces that face your point of view are not displayed.