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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
A template can contain property information, such as part and project data,
and drawing views. You can see information stored in a file by viewing its
properties.
TRY IT: View the Properties dialog box
■ With a file open, right-click a component in the browser or in the graphics
window, and then choose Properties from the menu.
■ Click the tabs to see properties.
Application Options
You can change the look and feel of Autodesk Inventor using settings on the
Application Options dialog box. On the Standard toolbar, select Tools ➤
Application Options. Use the tabs on the Options dialog box to control the
color and display of your Autodesk Inventor work environment, the behavior
and settings of files, the default file locations, and a variety of multiple-user
functions.
Application options remain in effect until you change them.
Document Settings
You can specify settings in individual files. On the Standard toolbar, select
Tools ➤ Document Settings to display the Document Settings dialog box.
Click the tabs to view and specify settings for the active document, such as
indicating the active styles, units of measure, sketch and modeling preferences,
bill of materials, and default tolerance.
Styles and Standards
You select a drafting standard when you install Autodesk Inventor, and it
includes a default set of styles that control most objects used in documents,
such as balloons, dimensions, text, layers, parts lists, symbols and leaders,
materials, and lighting. Usually the default styles are enough to get you started,
but you can use the Styles and Standards Editor to create, modify, and purge
unused styles.
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