2009
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
DescriptionTerm
A file used in the current design. A refer-
enced file may be editable or it may be
read-only, as in the case of library parts.
referenced file
In projects, paths are relative to the loca-
tion of the projects file (.ipj). Autodesk In-
relative path
ventor uses relative paths to locate refer-
enced files.
A top-level folder defined as a library,
workspace, or workgroup in a project. Data
root folder
files in subfolders nested under the root
folder are located by a relative path from
the root folder. Store all files that belong
to the current project in a root folder or
one of its subfolders.
Data file locations are located in the
workspace of the project. Files within the
single user project
project are accessed by one user and one
Autodesk Inventor session at a time. Files
are not checked in or out.
A folder defined in the project Folder Op-
tions that specifies where the style defini-
styles library
tions used in the project are located. The
default is the Design Data folder.
A folder defined in the project Folder Op-
tions that specifies where the templates
templates folder
used to create new files for the project are
located. The default is the Templates folder
created during setup.
A root folder or subfolder that contains
your personal copy of design files. For sin-
workspace
gle-user and vault projects, the workspace
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