Inventor tips and tricks: #1 application options
Published Sun 17 Jan 2010
Steve Bedder explains how to use application options to your advantage
Changing some of the default settings inside Inventor can help the application to work more effectively for you. The following are all changed in the Applications Options dialogue box.
1) Undo file size
Increasing the undo file size can increase the number of undos available to you. This can be particularly beneficial when working with large or complex models. I recommend that you change the default of 256Mb to 1,000Mb. This is found under the general tab in Application Options (see red box below)
2) Keeping mass properties up to date
If you want to keep your component or assembly mass properties up to date automatically, go to the General Tab under Application Options and set Update physical properties on save. You can then choose whether to update only part, or parts and assemblies. (see green box below)
3) Default drawing format
If you document your 3D designs as a DWG file type in Autodesk Inventor, you can specify the default 2D file format in the Application Options > Drawing tab. This means that when you use the ‘New’ shortcut (in the top left hand corner) and select Drawing from the fly out, you will start a new 2D DWG drawing as opposed to a new 2D IDW drawing.)
