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USING THE INVENTOR GRAPHICAL INTERFACE 3
Inventor Title Bar
Starting at the upper left of the Inventor window, the Inventor button has a drop-down panel that
is similar to the File menu in previous versions. The title bar now includes two toolbars:
◆ The Quick Access toolbar has frequently used commands.
◆ The Help toolbar provides access to help files and Autodesk websites.
You can customize the Quick Access toolbar for each file type by selecting and deselecting icons
from a list, but you can’t rearrange them. The custom part modeling toolbar in Figure 1.4 shows
all the icons in the same order as they appear on the list.
Figure 1.4
The Inventor button and
Quick Access toolbar
Table 1.1 defines all the Quick Access toolbar icons available for the different file types.
The Help toolbar, shown in Figure 1.5, gives direct access to help files and Autodesk websites.
Table 1.2 defines each Help toolbar icon.
Figure 1.5
The Help toolbar
Inventor Graphics Window Tools
Inventor has two sets of tools for manipulating the graphics window:
◆ The ViewCube is used to change the view orientation.
◆ The navigation bar has tools such as Zoom and Pan.
The ViewCube, shown in Figure 1.6, is a 3D tool that allows you to rotate the view. Here are
some viewing options:
◆ If you click a face, edge, or corner of the cube, the view rotates so the selection is perpen-
dicular to the screen.
◆ If you click and drag an edge, the view rotates around the parallel axis.
◆ If you click and drag a corner, you can rotate the model freely.
◆ If you click a face to have an orthogonal view, additional controls will display when your
mouse pointer is near the cube.
◆ The four arrowheads pointed at the cube rotate the view to the next face.
◆ The arc arrows rotate the view by 90 degrees in the current plane.
If you click the Home icon, the view rotates to the default isometric view. If you click the
drop-down arrow, you have several options to change the default isometric view behavior. For
instance, you can modify the home view to any view you like, and you can reset the front view
in relation to your model so that the named views of the cube match what you consider to be the
front, top, right, and so on.