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UsIng the Inventor graPhIc InterFace
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Continuing with the interface tour, you’ll see the navigation bar located on the right side of the
graphics window. At the top of the bar is the steering wheel. Below the steering wheel are the other
standard navigation tools: Pan, Zoom, Orbit, and Look At. Figure 1.16 shows the navigation bar.
You can use the navigation bar’s steering wheel to zoom, pan, walk, and look around the
graphics area. Also available is the ability to rewind through previous steering wheel actions.
The steering wheel has more functionality than can be explored in this book. You should review
the help topics for more information (click the steering wheel and then click F1).
Navigation Tools Tutorial
You can find a full tutorial exploring each of the navigation tools built right into Inventor, complete
with tutorial files. To run through the Navigation Tools tutorial select the Get Started tab on the
Ribbon menu and then click the Tutorials button. This will bring up the built-in Tutorial Learning
Resource page. Select the New Users tab and choose the Navigation Tools selection below.
This will bring up a Tutorials help pane. You can advance through the tutorial by using the list on
the left, or if you prefer to hide the list to gain more screen space, use the small arrows in top-right
corner.
In order to follow the built-in tutorials, you’ll need to point Inventor to the files by setting the project
search path to tutorial_files. To do so follow these steps:
1 . In Inventor, close any open files.
2 . From the Get Started tab, click the Projects button.
3 . In the Projects dialog box, select tutorial_files from the list.
4 . Click the Apply button at the bottom of the Projects dialog box.
5 . Note the check mark next to tutorial_files in the list, denoting that it is the active project, and
then click Done to close the Projects dialog box.
Now you can return to the Tutorials help pane and follow along. More information about projects
can be found in the next chapter.
Figure 1.16
The Navigation Bar
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