Finding Your Way in the Inventor Interface - Autodesk Inventor 2010: No Experience Required - page 38

The Assembly Tab
The noteworthy option here is Constraint Audio Notifi cation. By default, when
you place a constraint in Inventor, the sound of a cowbell is played. When you're
starting out, this is a handy feature for confi rming that a constraint was placed.
After you hear the cowbell a couple of hundred times per day, you can come
here to disable the audio cue.
Creating a New Work Environment
I know that some of this can be hard to digest, so let's do some hands-on work.
Let's create a new work environment. We'll keep the changes limited to the visual
elements for now. After you're fi nished, you can make other changes at any time.
Some steps won't be applicable to Inventor LT users. LT users can also use the
fi le you previously opened or choose another fi le.
Follow these steps:
1. If you still have gray Shock Strut components active from the previ-
ous action, you're all set. If not, double-click the Shock Strut (gray
parts) in the Design window to activate them. Another alternative is
to double-click Shock Strut:1 in the Browser or to right-click the
Shock Strut and select Edit.
2. Open the Application Options dialog box by selecting the Tools tab
and picking Application Options.
3. Select the Colors tab.
4. Under Color Scheme, choose Wonderland, and watch the preview
change at the top. Note that most of the screen elements change.
Click the Apply button at lower right, and you'll see the change take
effect in the Design window in the background.
5. At upper left in the preview pane are Design and Drafting buttons
that show the effect of the color scheme in the 3D and 2D environ-
ments. Click the Drafting button, and then click the Design button.
6. In the Background area, change the style from 1 Color to Gradient,
and note the effect.
7. Select the Presentation Color scheme, and click Apply.
8. Change the Background option to Background Image. Although there
is a fi le that is the default for each color scheme, after you make this
change you can select any BMP, JPG, PNG, GIF, or TIF for use as a