Inventor 2014 Application Options

Suggested Application Options Settings for
Autodesk Inventor
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The following are suggested application option settings for Autodesk Inventor
2014. These settings are accessed through the Tools Ribbon > Application
Options.
Inventor 2014 has a pair of commands in the Application Options dialog box. The
Import and Export commands allow you to save changes to the application
option settings and share them with other users.
They can also be used to make backup copies of your settings, allowing you to
explore different choices, and then return to earlier settings if desired.
General
The User name has been changed. This text is used in the default Autodesk
title blocks for the Drawn By name, so it has been changed to be more
appropriate for the title block text.
Update Physical Properties on Save get accurate data on save.
Undo file size (MB) Reduce to 256. The size of the undo file directly affects
the amount of available RAM.
Annotation scale This controls the size of dimensions during sketching, making
them easier to read. Drawing dimensions arent affected by this value.
Show Command Prompting moves prompting from the bottom-left of the

screen to the cursor.
Select Other Delay can be increased to slow down the display of this toolbar.
This is useful when using the Tube & Pipe software.
The IMPORT/EXPORT buttons are useful to share settings around multiple

users. An XML file is saved.
Sketch
Change the Overconstrained dimensions behaviour to Apply driven
dimension. This will avoid having a warning dialog box appear whenever an
over constraining dimension is created.
Check Edit Dimensions When Created. Most often you will edit dimensions
anyway.
Turn off the Autoproject edges options, keeping these turned on will result in
a bloated sketch and large file size.
Look at sketch plane on sketch creation is a matter of personal preference.

If it is turned on it the viewpoint shifts to be looking straight at the sketch plane
whenever a sketch is created or edited. The previous viewpoint is restored when
the sketch editing is done.
Turn off the display of the Grid lines, Minor grid lines, Axes and
Coordinated system indicator. This will clean up the sketch display and use
less graphics resources.
Increasing the Constraint Toolbar Scale can make reading the constraint
indicators much easier.
Drawing
The Default Drawing File Type can be set to Inventor Drawing (*.dwg).
This setting allows easier drawing sharing with AutoCAD.
Make sure the Open option is set for Non-Inventor DWG File behaviour.
AutoCAD data can then be copy and pasted without stepping thru the Import
wizard.
Turn off the display of line weights.
Only use Memory Saving mode when running out of memory. This will slow
down performance of drawing creation.
If you notice that the view jumps around, then change View Preview As to
Bounding Box mode.
You can now disable Part Modification from within drawings.
Inventor 2014 now uses multiple cores to process drawing views.

Save
Do Not List Reference Files Stops any components being listed that do not
require saving.
Prompt to save for re-computable updates Should be set if Vault is being

used.
File
The Configure Default Template button can be used to change to the ISO
METRIC standard for new installs. Do not use this if you are migrating from
legacy templates.
These three file locations can be changed to point to a common location on a

company network. This way templates, threaded hole sizes, fasteners, etc. dont
have to be reloaded onto each machine when changes are made.
Please note if migrating from a previous release, leave the content center
location as it was in the previous release. Only migrate templates and styles to
new folder locations.
Display
The Reverse Direction option can be turned on to change Inventors wheel

mouse behaviour to match the default behaviour of AutoCAD, if desired.
The settings button is used to set the default display attributes of models
iFeature
These three settings can be changed to point to a common location on a

company network. This way typical features and sheet metal punches dont have
to be reloaded onto each machine when changes are made.
Content Center
You now have 2 options for the Content Centre libraries. Choose the Access
Options as shown for either the Vault Server or the NEW Desktop Content (Ideal
for standalone machines).
Colors
Turn off Enable Enhanced Highlighting, you may find it easier on the eyes.
Avoid using a gradient or image background, this is the least taxing on system
resources.
Avoid using High Res images for the reflection environment unless making
presentation quality renderings of the models.
Hardware
Quality this setting favours graphics presentation over system performance.
For machines running Windows 7, turns on anti-aliasing and improves the visual
quality of the graphics display. No impact on windows XP.
Performance This is the default setting. System performance is favoured over

graphics presentation.
Compatibility This setting uses the same graphics processes as the Inventor
2009 and earlier releases. Advanced display options are not available.
Software graphics Specifies the use of software based graphics processing

rather than hardware based. If the machine has an older graphics card, but
running Windows 7, then it would be possible to access DirectX 10 supported
features. If a machine is running slow, then check this option has NOT been
switched on by accident.
Part
The default for a new part is now to NOT start with a new sketch. If you wish to revert
back to the legacy use, then tick Sketch on x-y plane
Display Extended Information This option will help easily identify the design intent
of the features in the model tree by displaying the key parameter values. Turn off is using
iLogic.
Opaque Surfaces can be turned on to more easily identify surface topologies.
Turn on the Construction Environment if you need access to this on surface file import
Assembly
The default for the first placed component in an assembly is NOT to ground it.
Tick the option if you wish to revert to the grounding of the first component.
Express mode settings can be adjusted here.
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Update Physical Properties on Save get accurate data on save.

Show Command Prompting moves prompting from the bottom-left of the

The IMPORT/EXPORT buttons are useful to share settings around multiple

Look at sketch plane on sketch creation is a matter of personal preference.

Turn off the display of line weights.

You can now disable Part Modification from within drawings.

Inventor 2014 now uses multiple cores to process drawing views.

Prompt to save for re-computable updates Should be set if Vault is being

These three file locations can be changed to point to a common location on a

The Reverse Direction option can be turned on to change Inventors wheel

These three settings can be changed to point to a common location on a

Performance This is the default setting. System performance is favoured over

Software graphics Specifies the use of software based graphics processing

Opaque Surfaces can be turned on to more easily identify surface topologies.

Express mode settings can be adjusted here.

Version 7.0 / Envisage UK Ltd / 6th June 2013

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