IM118896 - Inventor Basics Series - Taking Control of Your Styles & Standards Christopher Benner - CAD Designer/Manager @ Powell Fabrication & Manufacturing, Inc - Autodesk Expert Elite Mark Lancaster – Product Support Specialist/Help Desk Tech @ Synergis Engineering - Autodesk Expert Elite
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Class Description This class will be a beginner's guide to using the Autodesk Inventor Styles Editor. Styles Editor is like your one stop shop for controlling how things appear in your Inventor Parts, Assemblies, and Drawings. From text styles and dimensions, to lighting and scenes, and everything in between. The Styles Editor gives you great "out of the box" functionality and the ability to create your own unique styles. Having a basic understanding of this tool can greatly improve productivity in your modeling and drawing.
Key Learning Objectives ▪ Learn how to find and understand the styles in your Inventor files ▪ Learn to edit existing styles and create new ones ▪ Learn about styles libraries ▪ Learn about style conflicts and how to avoid them
About Me: Chris Benner ▪ CAD Supervisor @ Powell Fabrication & Manufacturing, Inc. St. Louis, MI USA ▪ 20 Plus years CAD experience, 10 years with Inventor ▪ Autodesk Expert Elite, blogger, social media ▪ Dad, husband. Fan of American football, music, craft beer, good scotch and an occasional cigar, semi professional photographer.
Home:
About Powell Fabrication & Manufacturing, Inc. www.powellfab.com
About Me: Mark Lancaster ▪ Board drafting – Yes I’m old!!!
▪ Autodesk Partner/Synergis EDS
▪ 20+ yr MFG/CAD world
▪ Quakertown PA
▪ 15+ yr 3D CAD
▪ MFG/Vault Products
▪ CAD/Doc Mgmt Admin
▪ Licensing/Subscription Support ▪ Autodesk ▪ Expert Elite ▪ Certified Inventor Professional ▪ I&L and Inventor Forum
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▪ Lean MFG
So, What are Styles anyway?
Styles & Standards ▪ Collection of settings controlling the appearance of your documents ▪ Standards are a collection of different styles ▪ Stored as .XML files in Design Data folder ▪ Should be edited using Inventor Styles Editor
▪ Use in Templates or Style Libraries in Projects
Styles Editor ▪ Must have an open Document to access ▪ Manage Tab – Styles Editor
Style Editor - Drawings
Style Editor – Parts / Assemblies
Style Library ▪ Control what Styles are used across an Inventor project ▪ Project Editor – Specify the Library location ▪ Style Library Manager – Specify available styles
Style Library Manager
Project Editor
Let’s have a look, shall we?
Styles Conflict Message
Drawing – Styles Conflict ▪ Seen this?
▪ Hard to resolve
▪ Certain Users
▪ Ignored or suppressed it?
Style Conflict - What lead us here? ▪ Per installation ▪ STD styles provided ▪ Numerous XML ▪ Style Library (Definition)
▪ Global information ▪ Master styles
Style Conflict - What lead us here?
▪ Edit style
▪ Local change ▪ Style library/no impact
Style Conflict - What lead us here?
▪ New drawing ▪ Inventor compares
▪ Style library to local ▪ Not matching?
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Style Conflict Message ▪ Little cryptic ▪ Frustration ▪ Ignoring it ▪ Suppressing it ▪ Only one way out!!!
Style Conflict Message – First Part ▪ Informing me ▪ OK ▪ Overwritten ▪ Template/Still there ▪ Confusion ▪ Why?
Style Conflict - Comparison ▪ New drawing/YES ▪ Direct open/NO ▪ Template ▪ Existing drawing ▪ Now we know why ▪ Assumption ▪ Not a fan
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Style Conflict Message – Second Part
▪ Solution #1
▪ Want style library? ▪ UPDATE
Style Conflict Message – UPDATE ▪ Open template ▪ Perform update ▪ Style conflict/exist ▪ Where mod happen ▪ Overwriting ▪ Lose modification ▪ Should I?
Style Conflict Message – Second Part ▪ Solution #2
▪ Want template style ▪ REMOVE
▪ Style Library
Style Library Manager ▪ Where is it? ▪ Start menu ▪ What is it? ▪ Migration tool ▪ Management tool ▪ Correct version
Video – Deleting Style Library– Styles Conflict
Style Library Manager - Demo
Style Conflict Message – Second Part ▪ Back up ▪ No undo ▪ Impact/Existing files ▪ Continue? ▪ Not for me ▪ How to resolve?
The other 3 Options for Resolving ▪ Option #1 ▪ Save back ▪ Option #2 ▪ Own styles ▪ Option #3 ▪ Blank master style library
Option #1 ▪ Open template ▪ Save ▪ Disabled ▪ Controlled/Project File ▪ Back up ▪ Limit ▪ Migration required
Option #2 ▪ Preferred method ▪ Local Style ▪ No comparison ▪ Easy to migrate
Sidebar your Honor!!! ▪ Not user friendly ▪ Yellow ▪ Main Standard ▪ Green
▪ Object Default ▪ Red
▪ Drawing Annotations
Option #2 ▪ Way I work ▪ No established rule
▪ Step #1: Styles? ▪ Step #2: Start
▪ @ common
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Option #2 ▪ Step #3: Define Obj Def
▪ Come back later ▪ Step #4: Define STD
▪ Revisit Obj Def
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Option #2
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Video – Option #3 – Styles Conflict
Option #3
Copying/Updating/Purging Styles
Managing your Styles: Copy/Update Existing Files ▪ Local Styles
▪ Export/Import ▪ Global Styles
▪ Manually Update ▪ SDK Tool – Batch Update Styles Image(s) provided by Google Images
Managing your Styles: Purging Styles ▪ Styles – Important role ▪ Purging/Beneficial ▪ Regular basis ▪ Inventor Performance Issue
Managing your Styles: Purging Styles ▪ How?
▪ Inventor ▪ Task scheduler
▪ Fully understand
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Video - Copying To New Styles
Managing your Styles: Copy Styles from one to another Library
Migrating Styles (Style Library Definitions)
Managing your Styles: Migrating Custom Style Library ▪ Format per Inventor Release
▪ New styles?
▪ Continue to use existing info
▪ Lose updates
▪ Never modified/NO
▪ Backup
▪ Legacy version
▪ Review handout
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Wrapping it up with Style ▪ Questions?
▪ Thank you/Your attendance ▪ Enjoy the rest of AU
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