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8 CHAPTER 1 INVENTOR DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
pulldown menu and then Style and Standard Editor again. You will see that the style area option
reflects styles pertaining to drawings, as shown in Figure 1.6.
Figure 1.5
The Inventor Style and
Standard Editor
(assembly mode)
Figure 1.6
Style and Standard
Editor in IDW or Inven-
tor DWG drawing mode
An IDW or DWG drawing style contains various dimension styles, layers and layers names,
linetype settings, object defaults, text styles, and other settings related specifically to 2D drawing
styles. These drawing styles relate and translate to AutoCAD drawing styles and layer names.
In like fashion, the presentation file type (.ipn) style types include only Color and Lighting con-
figurations.
The Model Browser
Inventor has what is called a Model browser that reflects the content in order of features, subassem-
blies, and parts contained within the current file. In Figure 1.7 the Stapler.iam file found in the
\Samples folder of your Inventor install directory provides a good example of the Model browser
contents of an assembly file. Figure 1.7 shows a representative assembly model with the browser
expanded.
In this illustration, starting from the top you can see a folder containing Representations,
including View representations, Position representations, and Level of Detail representations.
These representations allow the user to create various view states of the assembly. For example,
Figure 1.7 shows that the Position folder contains a view called Flip Open, which represents the
stapler in a fully hinged open position. In Chapter 8, ‘‘Assembly Design Workflows,’’ you’ll find
more information about representations.