Configure the Autodesk Inventor Rendering Module Options

The Autodesk Inventor rendering options specify which drawing layouts to render and to which format in the destination system.

To configure the Autodesk Inventor rendering options:

1. In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console, in the Data Exchange group, click Rendering Profiles.

   The All Rendering Profiles page appears and lists the existing profiles grouped by the name of the computer (cluster node) to which they are assigned.

2. Double-click the rendering profile that you want to configure.

   The rendering options page appears.

3. Click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.

   Autodesk Inventor rendering options

   Option	Description
   Name	The name of the rendering profile as seen in Administration Console.
   Computer	The name of the Meridian Enterprise Server computer (cluster node) on which to run this job.
   Input extensions	The file extensions that will be rendered by this module. To modify this list: Click Configure. The INPUT EXTENSIONS dialog box appears and lists the supported file extensions. Select the file extensions that you want to be rendered. Click OK. The quantity is refreshed to reflect your selections.

4. For each of the Inventor file types, click the corresponding tab and then click options or type values for that file type using the descriptions in the following table.

   Not all options are supported for all output file formats.

   Autodesk Inventor rendering options

   Group	Option	Description
   Output	Output file format	The output file format to which to render the selected Inventor file type. When configured for PDF rendition output only and in combination with Autodesk Inventor 2016, the Autodesk Inventor rendering module requires additional configuration of Meridian Enterprise Server as described in Configure Enterprise Server To Not Run As a Service.
   Options	Publish mode	The amount of data to render from the source document depending on the Inventor file type: Assembly: Express — Renders the current view of the document. Does not render bill of materials data, design views, or positional representations. Complete — Renders the full content of the file. Renders all enabled bill of materials data, all design views, and all positional representations. Drawing: Express — Renders only the active sheet without the 3D model. Complete — Renders all sheets and all 3D models except sheets excluded from printing. Part, Sheet Metal Part, iPart, iAssembly: Express — Renders the current view of the document. Complete — Renders the full content of the file. Presentation: Express — Renders the static exploded views. Does not render bill of materials data, design views, or positional representations. All unsaved working changes including the current camera position render to the DWF file. Components invisible in Autodesk Inventor render and are shown in the DWF model palette as hidden. Complete — The rendered DWF file contains all presentation views (including animations and assembly instructions) and the associated Autodesk Inventor assembly, along with its design views, positional representations, and BOM. Note: Only the active level of detail representations are rendered. Custom — The amount of data to render corresponds to the Autodesk Inventor Export command options. For more information about the options on the tabs, refer to the Autodesk Inventor documentation.
   Options	Enable measure	Enables the Measure tool in the output file.
   Options	Enable printing	Enables printing of the output file.
   Options	Enable markups	Enables markup of the output file.
   Options	Enable markup editing	Enables markup editing in the output file.
   Options	Create 2D snapshot	Creates a 2D file from a 3D model. Available for DWF output only.
   Options	Printer name	Select a printer name from the list of available printers and then select a color depth for the rendition, either Gray scale or Color. The printer driver must not show any interactive dialog boxes during printing, for example, Save As to save the printer driver output as a disk file. If the driver does show a dialog box, the Autodesk Inventor rendering module cannot detect it and respond accordingly. Such a printer driver cannot be used with the Autodesk Inventor rendering module. Test all printer drivers thoroughly to determine their compatibility.
   Options	Output file extension	Type a valid file extension to assign to the output file.
   Options	Use job advanced rendering settings	Select this option if the page size and orientation are stored as property values for the source documents and the corresponding options are selected as described in Configure Rendering Options. If those options are not selected, select default values from Paper size and Orientation.
   Options	Sheets in range	Select which drawing sheets to render. To render only a range of sheets, select Sheets range and then type the sheet numbers in the From and To text boxes.
   Options	Excluded sheets	Enable this option to render all sheets except those specified in Sheets in range.
   Options	All colors as black	If enabled, renders all colors in the source drawing to black in the output file.
   Options	Remove object line weight	Renders all line weights in the source drawing to the same weight in the output file.
   Options	Vector resolution	Select an output resolution.
   Image Size	X	Type a size for the output image width (in pixels).
   Image Size	Y	Type a size for the output image height (in pixels).
   Image Size	Transparent background	If enabled, renders the background of the image as transparent, which also reduces image file size.

5. Click Save.

   Note:

   When rendering many Inventor documents, some may fail to render because they do not open correctly in Inventor. In such cases, Inventor will only generate an Unspecified error message. You can reduce the likelihood of this happening by limiting how many documents are rendered in a single Inventor session.

   To do so, set the InventorRenderSessionMaxDocuments setting in the following file to a lower number. The default is 100. Setting the value to 0 removes the limitation completely. After this number of documents have been rendered, Inventor will be closed and restarted to reclaim system resources.

   C:\ProgramData\BlueCieloECM\EnterpriseServices\PublishingCapability.dat

   Learn more about the settings in the PublishingCapability.dat file.