Connecting to Inventor’s Interface - Inventor 2013 and Inventor LT 2013 Essentials - page 4

Opening a File
Knowing this much of the interface will allow you to access the Open dialog box
and see how the rest of the interface works. In this exercise, you will open a file
in Autodesk Inventor:

1. Start Autodesk Inventor if it is not already up and running.

2. Expand the Application menu, and select Open from the options on
the left.
When the Open dialog box appears, notice the tools at the top.
These tools allow you to navigate to other folders as you would in
Windows Explorer, to change the way files are displayed (including
the option of thumbnail images), and to add new folders.

3. In the Open dialog box, use the Browse button to navigate to the C:\
Inventor​2013​Essentials\Parts\Chapter​1 , folder, as shown in
Figure 1.3.

You can also access
the Open tool via
the Quick Access
toolbar.

FIGURE 1.3 The Open dialog box includes tools for finding
and browsing for files.

4. Double-click the c01-01.ipt file listed, or click it once and then
click Open.

Selecting an Inventor
file from the file list
generates an image
in the Preview pane
on the left side of
the dialog box.

5. To see the complete model, move your cursor near the ViewCube in
the upper right of the Graphics window. When the icon that looks
like a house appears, click it.

Clicking the Home view icon restores a view position that was saved with the
model. Your screen should now resemble the earlier Figure 1.1.