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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
All changes are saved and new files (test2.iam and test2.idw) are created.
NOTE The newly created (or copied) drawing file (test2.idw) is referenced only to
the newly created (or copied) assembly file (test2.iam). All changes made in the
original assembly file (test1.iam) is reflected only in the copied test2.idw that
references it.
Occasionally, annotations for a referenced file of a subassembly may not be
visible in a drawing view after you use Design Assistant to move or copy. If
so, open the drawing file in Autodesk Inventor and use the Resolve Link dialog
box to restore the annotations.
Move and Copy Files Between Projects
You can temporarily rename the original files or move them out of the project
locations (so they are not found). Then open a top-level assembly or drawing
and use the Resolve Link dialog box to change the references to copies of the
referenced files. After the referencing files are saved, the original files (from
which the copies were made) can be restored and renamed to their original
names.
If you copy files from one project to another, remember:
■ If the file you copy to another project has a library reference, you must
define the same library in the destination project. It can be to the same
UNC location as the original.
■ If the file you copy to another project has a non library reference, it resolves
to a file in the editable locations in the destination project. You can copy
the entire contents of a workspace (including subfolders) to another project
workspace. The files resolve to the copies rather than to the source files.
■ You can copy an entire reference hierarchy in the same way, but preserve
the original subfolder structure from the project root location for the copied
files.
To copy a workspace folder to another location, follow these guidelines:
■ The folders must include the project (.ipj).
■ The project must contain only one editable location.
■ All library locations must be accessible from the destination location (the
folder where the copies reside).
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