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CBenner1-Visitor
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October 3, 2018
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Assembly references lost in Autodesk Vault

  • October 3, 2018
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Hi.  Haven't posted on here in nearly ten years.  Nothing personal but we switched back to Autodesk products.  The problem is that all of our Pro E Wildfire 4 & 5 assemblies were then dragged into our Vault... not checked in using the Vault add in for Pro E.  Our libraries were then zipped and moved to an archived network location.  Our licenses have all lapsed, of course, and the software is not installed anywhere.  The original disks we have do not work to install, either.

 

Bottom line:  How screwed are we?  CREO Viewer will allow me to view parts only, or drawings of single parts.  I cannot view assemblies, or drawings of assemblies.  Any magic we can perform to at least view these older designs?

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dgschaefer21-Topaz II
21-Topaz II
October 3, 2018

If you were last on WF5, the likelihood is that you had perpetual licenses.  That means they are still valid and will allow you to run WF5, also known as Creo Elements/Pro 5.0 (CEP 5.0).

 

 You'll need a workstation that runs Windows 7 as CEP 5.0 won't run likely on Windows 8 or 10.  I'd install the license server on the same machine as CEP 5.0 to make sure everything will run OK.  You'll then have to do some digging for your licensing info and so some talking with PTC to get a new license file. I believe that PTC will still give you a new license file even though your maintenance is not current.  It won't run anything newer than CEP 5.0, but that should be fine.,

 

Assuming that you can jump through all those hoops, you should be able to open and view the files.

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CBenner1-VisitorAuthor
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October 3, 2018

@dgschaefer

 

Thanks for the reply.  I think we can manage the hoops..., any idea where I might find a download of WF5?

Meanwhile I've reconstructed the path structure from our search.pro file and unzipped the library files.  All I need now is a copy of WF to try this out.  Pretty sure I still have the license file somewhere too, if it still works.  Jump off that bridge when I get to it.

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dgschaefer21-Topaz II
21-Topaz II
October 3, 2018

Were trying to install from CD on a Windows 8 or 10 PC? If so, try again on a Windows 7 machine.  If not, perhaps PTC would give it to you.  I would hope so, you did pay for it at one time.

 

You might also try copying the contents of the CD to a local disk.  As I recall, back at this time we'd download CD images to a network location and install from there.

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    barryschaeffer113-Aquamarine
    13-Aquamarine
    December 28, 2018

    Chris,  did you get a solution to your problem with Creo data in Vault?  I used to administer Creo with Vault at Fluke, but we Did use the Creo addin pretty successfully for over 6 years...

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    CBenner1-VisitorAuthor
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    September 26, 2019

    Nope,....

     

    Dead in the water because PTC will not do anything for me unless I pay up my maintenance.  All I need i s a valid license file to run software I already own, but I can't even access Knowledge Base articles unless I pony up some cash.  I've attempted several times to load the license server, using the MAC address of the new computer, but keep getting an "invalid license key" error.  

     

    Guarantee that we are not going to pay any money for getting this up and running, just to view legacy designs.

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    CBenner1-VisitorAuthor
    1-Visitor
    October 1, 2019

    A little more digging online, and I was able to use my existing license information to retrieve and move my exisitng license and generate a new file.  My Pro E is now up and running.

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