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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
vanishing point. It is the way real objects are perceived by the human eye or
by a camera.
The following chart shows how the other viewing tools behave and how they
can be modified in each camera mode.
Keys/CommandsPerspective
Camera mode
Orthographic
Camera mode
Zoom or
Pan Type
F2 PanYesYesCamera Translation Pan
SHIFT+F2 PanYesYesCamera Pivot Pan
F3 ZoomYesYesCamera Position Zoom
SHIFT+F3 ZoomYesNoCamera Position/Cam-
era Target Point Zoom
CTRL+F3 ZoomYesNoLens Focal Length
Zoom
SHIFT+CTRL+F3 ZoomSet Perspective Distor-
tion
Importing and Exporting Data
You can import Pro/ENGINEER
®
, Parasolid
®
, SolidWorks
™
, UGS NX, SAT,
STEP, IGES, and AutoCAD and Autodesk
®
Mechanical Desktop
®
(DWG) files
for use in Autodesk Inventor. You can export AAutodesk Inventor parts and
assemblies to many file formats, including Pro/ENGINEER and Parasolid, and
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