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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1 Introducing Autodesk Inventor
- 2 Creating Sketches
- 3 Working with Sketched Features
- 4 Creating and Editing Placed Features
- 5 Creating and Editing Work Features
- 6 Using Projects to Organize Data
- 7 Managing Assemblies
- 8 Placing, Moving, and Constraining Components
- 9 Creating Assemblies
- 10 Analyzing Assemblies
- 11 Using Design Accelerator
- 12 Setting Up Drawings
- 13 Creating Drawing Views
- 14 Annotating Drawings
- Annotation Tools
- Using Styles to Format Annotations
- Working with Tables
- Creating Dimensions In Drawings
- Controlling Dimension Styles
- Placing Center Marks and Centerlines
- Adding Notes and Leader Text
- Using Hole and Thread Notes
- Working with Title Blocks
- Working with Dimensions and Annotations
- Printing Drawing Sheets
- Plotting Multiple Sheets
- Tips for Annotating Drawings
- 15 Using Content Center
- 16 Autodesk Inventor Utilities
- Index
Tips for Using Content Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Using the Publish Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Managing Administrative Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Chapter 16
Autodesk Inventor Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Editing Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Legacy Project Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Resolving File Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Search for Library and Non Library Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Search for Library References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Search for Non Library Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Use Substitution Rules to Find Missing Files . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Keeping Old File Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Moving, Copying, and Archiving Design Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Zip Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Temporary Root Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Pack and Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Design Assistant Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Move and Copy Files Between Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Deleting Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Changing File Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
About Autodesk Vault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
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