Connecting to Inventor’s Interface - Inventor 2013 and Inventor LT 2013 Essentials - page 17

9. Now, use the Background drop-down list, and change the setting to
1 Color.
10. Click Apply to see the effect.
Now try experimenting with different Color Scheme values, as well as chang-
ing the color theme and background, until you find something that is pleasing
to you. You can also use an image file for the background of your screen to give
additional realism or create a special effect.
For this topic, I will use the Sky Color scheme with a white background image to
keep the components in the Graphics window easy to see for the printed graphics.
Using the Presentation scheme with a 1 Color background is a quick way to gener-
ate images for your technical documents as well.
Exploring the Display Tab
The Display tab controls a number of display effects you've already encountered.
On the Display tab, you can use the Inactive Component Appearance section to
control the fading effect on inactive parts while editing a part in the assembly.
Similarly, when you selected the Home view, the model had an animated tran-
sition into position. The speed of that transition is controlled with the slider bar
under Display.
Changing the Minimum Frame Rate (Hz) value to a higher number causes
Inventor to make parts of an assembly invisible while zooming, panning, or orbiting
in order to maintain the chosen frame rate. The real use of this value is to allow you
to change the view quickly while still being able to see what position the model is in.
Other settings allow you to reposition the ViewCube on the screen and control
the visibility of the Origin 3D indicator or its axis labels.
Exploring the Hardware Tab
Most of the settings for hardware are fairly self-explanatory. A very important
item is the Software Graphics check box. If you experience frequent crashing
in Inventor, you should select this check box (see Figure 1.17), restart, and see
whether the crashing stops.