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USING THE INVENTOR GRAPHICAL INTERFACE 11
An IDW or DWG drawing style contains various dimension styles, layers and layers names,
line type 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
configurations.
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 1.14, the Stapler.iam file provides a
good example of the Model browser contents of an assembly file. The figure shows a representative
assembly model with the browser expanded.
Figure 1.14
Stapler.iam (Inventor
sample files) illustra-
tion of Model browser
contents
In this figure, starting from the top, you can see a folder containing representations, includ-
ing view representations, position representations, and level of detail (LOD) 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, you’ll find more information about
representations.
To expand any portion of the Model browser, click the plus sign to the left of the item. For
example, clicking the plus sign at the left of the Representations folder expands the item to show
View, Position, and Level of Detail.