MDME: MANUFACTURING, DESIGN, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 

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INVENTOR 2011 CONTENT CENTRE PROBLEM

Here’s a quick fix that the students can do to give them access to the Content Center,

  1. Logon to the PC as a Student. Start Inventor
  2. Click on “Tools”> Then on “Application Options” > select the TAB “Content Center”
  3. Half way down you will see “Access Options” “Location of Libraries”, Delete what is there.
  4. In location of Libraries add  “T:\AutoDesk 2011\Inventor\Content Center\Libraries”
  5. Click on Apply and then OK

This allows you to “Open from Content Center” and this only needs to be done once, per user.


PART MODE


DRAFT MODE

Dimensions: (Change decimal places). Manage > Styles Editor >  On left window... Click "+" to expand "Dimension" > Click on a style (e.g. Default mm ANSI)  >  On right window... Click Units tab > Set precision = 3.123 etc.

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Function Keys:
F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 Shift+F5 F6 F7 F8 Alt+F8 F9 F10 Alt+F11
Help Pan Zoom Orbit Previous
View
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View
Home
View
Sketch
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Constraints
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Constraints
Unconsumed Sketch Visibility Visual
Basic
Editor

General Environment:
Ctrl+C  -          Copy to Clipboard
Ctrl+Shift+E     Assembly Degrees of Freedom visibility
M                   Measure Distance
Ctrl+N             New File
Ctrl+O             Open File
Ctrl+P             Print
Ctrl+Shift+Q     iMate Glyph visibility toggle
Ctrl+S             Save File
Ctrl+V             Paste from Clipboard
Ctrl+W            SteeringWheels
Ctrl+Shift+W    Weld Symbols visibility toggle
Ctrl+X             Cut to Clipboard
Ctrl+Y             Redo
Z                   Zoom Window
Ctrl+Z             Undo
Esc                 Ends Active Command
Home              Zoom All
Page Up           Look At
Delete             Delete selected object
End                 Zoom Select
Ctrl+/              Origin Axes visibility toggle
Ctrl+]              Origin Planes visibility toggle
Ctrl+.              Origin Points visibility toggle
Alt+/               User Work Axes visibility toggle
Alt+]               User Work Planes visibility toggle
Alt+.               User Work Points visibility toggle

Drawing Annotation Shortcuts:
A                    Baseline Dimension Set
B                    Balloon
D                    General Dimension
F                    Feature Control Frame
O                    Ordinate Dimension Set
T                    Text
Ctrl+Shift+T      Leader Text

Sketching Shortcuts:
A                    Center Point Arc
C                    Center Point Circle
D                    General Dimension
F                    Fillet
H                    Fill/Hatch Sketch Region
I                     Vertical
L                     Line
O                    Offset
T                    Text
X                    Trim
=                    Equal
Part-Modeling Shortcuts:
D                        Face Draft
E                        Extrude
F                        Fillet
H                        Hole
Ctrl+Shift+K          Chamfer
Ctrl+Shift+L          Loft
Ctrl+Shift+M         Mirror
Ctrl+Shift+O          Circular Pattern
Q                        Create iMate
R                         Revolve
Ctrl+Shift+R          Rectangular Pattern
S                        2D Sketch
Ctrl+Shift+S          Sweep
;                         Grounded Work Point
/                         Work Axis
]                         Work Plane
.                         Work Point

Assembly-Modeling Shortcuts:
A                        Analyze Interference
C                        Constraint (Assembly)
Ctrl+Shift+E          Degrees of Freedom visibility toggle
G                        Rotate Component
Ctrl+H                  Replace
Ctrl+Shift+H          Replace All
N                        Create Component in Assembly
P                         Place Component in Assembly
V                         Move Component
W                        Fillet Weld (weldment environment)
Tab                     Demote
Shift+Tab             Promote
Ctrl+Enter             Return
/                         Work Axis
]                         Work Plane
.                         Work Point
Ctrl+=                  Parent
Ctrl+-                  Top

Presentation Shortcut:
T                        Tweak Components

Drawing View Shortcut:
Ctrl+Shift+N          Create New Sheet


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