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Interface Fundamentals

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    The fundamental characteristic of the new interface is that commands formerly located on panel bars and toolbars are now located on tabs.

    ribbon_tut_panel_to_ribbon.png

    Commands formerly found on the various common menus are also located on the tabs.

    ribbon_tut_menu_to_ribbon.png

    Commands formerly found on the File menu are now located on the Application menu.

    ribbon_tut_file_menu_to_app_menu.png

    Though the change to tabs is a fundamental change to the interface, other interface structures remain unchanged.

    For example, Autodesk Inventor still uses the browser to represent file structures.

    Autodesk Inventor still uses context menus.

    In addition, the actual design and behaviors of features and commands remains unchanged: Extrude is still Extrude, Create Constraint is still Create Constraint, and Project Views is still Project Views.

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