Autodesk Inventor 2013 Questions

[lgphoneeric]

Does anyone know how to get the grid lines back in sketch mode on Autodesk Inventor 2013? I can work without them, i just miss having them.

[echin]

Go to tools > Application Options > Sketch, then click the checkbox next to gridlines.

[inventor_phild]

Interesting, my first question was how do I turn these things off???

[sanddrag]

Phil, I have another question:

In some older versions of Inventor, I've had an issue where sometimes, the "Export -> CAD Format" option is greyed out and inaccessible when working in a .idw file. I've had this happen in 2010 and 2012 for no apparent reason, and I was not able to fix it. Any idea what causes this and how to fix it?

I am still able to Save->Save Copy As-> and then choose .DXF or whatever I need.

Also, if we're talking about default options, the grey material on gradient grey background I think is terrible. I don't know what other users feel, but I always set mine back to blue solid color.

[inventor_phild]

1. The IDW drawing environment does not have a CAD > Export > CAD Format option, so it is correctly greyed out.

For drawings you are generally looking at exporting to DWF, PDF, BMP, etc.

2. Default options are often like building something to match the average person, it does not work for everyone.

For my demonstrations or video captures I use Winter Night Gradient.

If you get a chance to attend an Autodesk application engineer demonstratiing Inventor there are some set rules they follow, including using perspective view, ground shadows, etc.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by inventor_phild

1. The IDW drawing environment does not have a CAD > Export > CAD Format option, so it is correctly greyed out.

For drawings you are generally looking at exporting to DWF, PDF, BMP, etc.

Oh, that makes sense. I realized I was incorrectly remembering the issue. The issue I had actually was in Inventor 2012, where the Export CAD format dialog box did not allow me the choice of STEP file when saving. In fact, it was missing several of the usual file types. I think it may have been computer virus related, and I was able to fix it with a system restore and generating a whole new user profile in Windows 7.