Using Access Points through the Browser

As noted earlier, to access the various environments in Autodesk Inventor, you use the Environments tab. You also use the Finish command to exit environments, as well as to exit sketches.

However, access methods to some functionality are the same as found in releases previous to the ribbon interface.

You access Construction and Base Solid edit functionality through the browser.

For Construction functionality:

1. Select the part file tab at the bottom of the graphics window to switch to that document.
2. Select the Model tab.
3. Click the Thicken/Offset command.

   

4. Create an offset surface.
5. Right-click the surface in the browser, and select Copy to Construction.
6. Right-click the newly created Construction node in the browser and select Edit Construction.

For Base Solid edit functionality:

1. Open a common data format file, such as IGS or STP, that contains solid geometry.
2. Right-click the Base node in the browser and select Edit Solid.

You can access a sheet metal flat pattern through the browser or the ribbon. First, create some basic sheet metal geometry:

1. Click New.
2. Select the default Sheet Metal.ipt template.
3. Draw a rectangle.
4. Click the Finish Sketch command.

   

5. Click the Face command and create a face.

   

6. Click the Flange command and add a flange.

   

To create the flat pattern:

1. Click the Create Flat Pattern command.

   

To exit the flat pattern:

1. Click the Go to Folded Part command.

After you create the flat pattern, you can access the flat pattern with the ribbon command Go to Flat Pattern. Or, you can use the context menu on the Folded Model and Flat Pattern nodes in the browser (or double-click the nodes).

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