Connecting to Inventor’s Interface - Inventor 2013 and Inventor LT 2013 Essentials - page 19

Exploring the Sketch Tab
In Chapter 3, “Learning the Essentials of Part Modeling,” you will begin explor-
ing part modeling. When you first begin to use sketching tools, a grid can be dis-
played. For clarity, the graphics in this topic will not display the grid, minor grid
lines, or axes of the sketch. If you prefer not to see these, you can disable parts or
all of the grid in the Display section of the Sketch tab.
In the Heads-Up Display settings, you can control how dimensions are dis-
played on entities as you sketch them. Many people prefer to disable the tools
that automatically project edges during sketch or curve creation. These tools
typically include Autoproject in the description. Many users also choose not to
look at the sketch plane when sketches are created. You can adjust for those pref-
erences here.
Exploring the Part Tab
A common change made on the Part tab is to enable a sketch creation when new
parts are created. You can also choose to automatically have sketches created on
a specific plane when you start a new part.
If you would like to begin new parts by sketching right away, you can set the
plane you would like to begin on in the Sketch On New Part Create frame.
This tab can also control the editing tool used to modify imported geometry
between Inventor's legacy tools and Autodesk Inventor Fusion. You will get a chance
to explore Inventor Fusion in Chapter 14, “Working with Non-Inventor Data.”
Using Visualization Tools
The ability to communicate a design visually is a great asset of Autodesk Inventor.
Changing the color of the Graphics window or setting the background to be an
image can give an interesting effect.