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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
Workflow overview: Create a new subassembly containing selected
components
1 Start with an open assembly.
2 Select components from the assembly browser or in the graphics window.
3 Right-click, and then select Component ➤ Demote. The Create In-Place
Component dialog box displays.
4 Enter a file name for the new assembly, select a new template if necessary,
and then click OK.
A new subassembly is created and populated with the selected
components.
Promote is not available if the selected component is a child of the top-level
assembly.
Workflow overview: Promote components within the assembly hierarchy
1 Select components from the assembly browser or in the graphics window.
2 Right-click, and then select Component ➤ Promote.
The selected components are moved to the parent assembly.
NOTE For more information, see Changing File Structure on page 290.
Browser Display
Display controls are located in the Browser toolbar:
Lists browser filters that limit and organize what is
shown in the Assembly browser. The filters can be
Browser Filters
turned off and on, and multiple filters can be applied
to the browser at the same time.
Lists recently created Design View representations. Also
gives access to activating and creating new Design View
representations by selecting the Other... option.
Design View representations preserve an assembly dis-
play configuration that captures component visibility,
Design View Represen-
tations
sketch and feature visibility, color and style character-
istics, zoom magnification, and viewing angle.
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