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    Active Contributor
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    Registered: ‎06-04-2009

    blank ribbon & no text in Inventor screen

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    01-29-2011 05:55 AM

    After 2nd "clean install" we have no ribbon graphics or menu text on an otherwise recognizable Inventor screen.  This is true with the standard user as well as the Admin.  Phone consultation with our Autodesk vendor has not produced anything.  Do you have any ideas on this?

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    *Pro
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    Re: blank ribbon & no text in Inventor screen

    01-29-2011 06:41 AM in reply to: PENengr

    What are the specs on your system - especially graphics? See this link for information that is needed to help.

     

    http://teknigroup.com/support/Inventor/Howto.html

    Standard Installation - Specific Instructions:

    http://teknigroup.com/support/InstallAdsksoftware.html

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    Re: blank ribbon & no text in Inventor screen

    01-29-2011 06:46 AM in reply to: PENengr

    Just a thought...

     

    Post a screen shot if possible. Does it lool like this??

     

    000091.PNG

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    Re: blank ribbon & no text in Inventor screen

    01-31-2011 06:01 AM in reply to: Dennis_Jeffrey

    Attached is a screen shot. 

     

    Computer specs:

    Intel Core2 Quad

    Q9450 @2.66GHz

    2.66 GHz, 3.25 GB RAM

     

    video card = NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700

     

    blankscrnshot.jpg

     

    Thanks, Greg

     

     

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    Re: blank ribbon & no text in Inventor screen

    01-31-2011 10:01 PM in reply to: PENengr

    Have you updated your graphics card driver?

     

    Have you changed fonts in Application Options >> General tab? (Should be Tahoma 8 Pt by default)

     

    000102.PNG

     

    Have you deleted any fonts?

     

     

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    Re: blank ribbon & no text in Inventor screen

    02-17-2011 11:54 AM in reply to: PENengr

    I just got done working with one of my users that has this same issue. I found that if you delete the file C:\Documents and Settings\USER_LOGIN\Application Data\Autodesk\Autodesk Inventor 2010\RibbonUICustomization.xml. that the ribbon has the text back. Deleting the file is only a check and a work-around. The file "RibbonUICustomization.xml" is recreated on exit from the application. To resolve the issue I had to recreate the user's Windows profile, it has solved this issue on our system. I guess there is some corruption between the user's profile (registry SID) and the application. Don't know, just know what has worked for me.

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    justmanson
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    Registered: ‎02-17-2011

    Re: blank ribbon & no text in Inventor screen

    02-18-2011 12:04 PM in reply to: PENengr

    I'm having the same issue.  Tried the above fix, but still no dice.

     

    I am running the latest graphic drivers for my radeon 1650

     

    i have not removed any fonts or anything else.  

     

    I have cleared the Ribbon file from all of the profile users and from the registry.

     

    Any other suggestions?

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    Re: blank ribbon & no text in Inventor screen

    02-18-2011 01:34 PM in reply to: justmanson

    Without re-reading the entire thread, have you tried switching from the Ribbon to the Classic UI and back? Maybe close IV in between UI's.

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    justmanson
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    Re: blank ribbon & no text in Inventor screen

    02-22-2011 09:02 AM in reply to: PENengr

    no i haven't tried that.  I'm not sure where to even go to do that... since i can't see anything.

     

     

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    Re: blank ribbon & no text in Inventor screen

    02-22-2011 09:10 AM in reply to: justmanson

     


    ustmanson wrote:

    no i haven't tried that.  I'm not sure where to even go to do that... since i can't see anything.

     

     


    Applicaton Options > Colors tab > Interface Style

     

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