Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
As you near the ViewCube, another icon appears at the upper left; it looks like
a house. Clicking this returns your model to the Home view. You can also return
to the Home view at any time by pressing the F6 key.
You'll work with the ViewCube throughout this topic. If you prefer to not use
the View Cube, you can select the downward arrow and place it into the heads-
up toolbar in the Design window.
These are just the basic tools for navigating within Inventor. Let's explore
some modifi cations you may wish to make to give Inventor a look and feel that
will be more hospitable to you in the future.
By default, a shortcut toolbar for the tools found in the Navigation panel is
also displayed on the screen below the ViewCube. You can customize this tool-
bar to show the various viewing tools and relocate it to different parts of the
screen along with the ViewCube.
Although I use the Navigate panel constantly in Inventor, I have decided to
remove it from my screen to maximize image-capture space. I want to make sure
that you don't mistake my omitting it from screen captures in this topic for think-
ing that I don't use or value this great feature of the user interface.
Document Tabs
The Document tabs appear at the bottom of the Design window when you have
more than one fi le open in Inventor. Several tools are associated with these tabs.
The fi rst three items let you cascade the fi les on the screen, arrange them to fi ll
the Design window, or select an open fi le to display from the fl y-out.
Each open fi le displays a tab, and these tabs appear across the bottom in a row
next to the buttons with the fi le name in the tab. The tab for the active fi le also
displays an X that you can select to close the individual fi le.
If you hover over a tab, a preview of that fi le (including the fi le's path) appears
as a specialized tooltip. This makes it much easier to fi nd the fi le you want with-
out having to cycle through each one.
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