As the thread title suggests, I would love to be able to customize Inventor 2013's user interface to make it look more like the older version of Inventor. You can do that with AutoCad Mechanical. You simply change the view to "AutoCad classis" and those annoying "panel bars" go away and you get a pull down screen.
Can you do the same with Inventor?
Dominic,
Since you are new to Inventor (just assuming that since this is your first post), just learn to use the ribbon. Once you get comfortable with Inventor, you can customize some of the commands and add some of your own. I would not do it until you are comfortable with it though.
I'm not new to Inventer per se. I am new to Inventor 2013. I used to use Inventor 2008 before.
Now that I have 2013 available I need to refresh my knowledge of Inventor. All my notes and the tutorial DVD I have are for 2008. I wanted to follow along with them without searching wildly for commands.
So it sounds like I'm out of luck. My company will purchase a tutorial for 2013. It just takes a while for the paperwork to get processed and I need to get up to speed NOW. Hence the reason I'm using this old tutorial.
I realize that there are online tutorials. But I liked this DVD based one. Using that DVD tutorial back in 2008 I was able to pick up Inventor in less than a week.
yep..get used to the ribbon.. Its fairly intuitive once you get started using it.
@Anonymous wrote:I wanted to follow along with them without searching wildly for commands.
There is a "Command Locator" option on the "Get Started" tab which should tame down those searches! At least that's where it's at in 2011.
@ampster40 wrote:There is a "Command Locator" option on the "Get Started" tab which should tame down those searches! At least that's where it's at in 2011.
They moved that too......
No longer have a "User Interface Overview" panel. We do have some neat videos though that are very basic.
There is a search tool in the application menu (big yellow I in the top left corner) that lets you find a command. Just type the command name in the search field and it shows a list of commands that match your search. You can run the command from the results list, and it also tells you where that command is found on the ribbon.
Hi Dominic,
Now that I have 2013 available I need to refresh my knowledge of Inventor. All my notes and the tutorial DVD I have are for 2008.
I realise you mention that you've looked at some online tutorials, but does the link below help?
http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Inventor/enu/2013/Help/0126-Tutorial126
Thanks!
Indy
"I wanted to follow along with them without searching wildly for commands."
I'm still searching wildly for commands.
But the kids today are used to seeing Ribbons in the newer versions of Office. Which is good because now your company won't lose any productivity when switching to lower salaried new hires (any design and/or Inventor knowledge you have built up will be more than offset by their comfort with the interface, and their videogame trained hands won't be slowed down making all the extra clicks we need now).
Remember when your mother would say, "If everyone else was jumping off a bridge ...".
A bad decision is still a bad decision even if Microsoft makes it.
Yep yep
and no kids hate the ribbon.. I go up to my sons school to the drafting department and I show them Inventor I only have 2011 on my labtop so I can show them both. Then I would let them play with it come to find out they hate the ribbon they all went back to the classic. I asked why and the said they don't have to look for the command it has two tabs sketch and model one even customized the classic he had all commands in one tab (like me hehe).
No this was a big mistake by autodesk and as soon as I am done with this client and one more I think I will start driving a truck again at least I know they will not take my gas pedal and stick it in the glove box.....
I know I will have the school set up a test room for me and I will get 20 students 10 on classic and 10 on ribbon and I will give them each 10 parts to make and see who makes them faster. And all the students have no Inventor skills at all.
I will let you know school starts here in a few weeks I know the drafting teacher I will ask him tonight if we can do this.
@dan_inv09 wrote:"I wanted to follow along with them without searching wildly for commands."
I'm still searching wildly for commands.
But the kids today are used to seeing Ribbons in the newer versions of Office. Which is good because now your company won't lose any productivity when switching to lower salaried new hires (any design and/or Inventor knowledge you have built up will be more than offset by their comfort with the interface, and their videogame trained hands won't be slowed down making all the extra clicks we need now).
Remember when your mother would say, "If everyone else was jumping off a bridge ...".
A bad decision is still a bad decision even if Microsoft makes it.
It's no use crying over spilled milk..
At this point I could care less about a ribbon or a classic interface.. I only press maybe 2 or 3 buttons on the ribbon all day long.. Everything else is either programmed into my space pilot or I use the hotkeys..
I'm just glad that as I'm getting older I can still learn to change and work smarter instead of just sitting on my porch complaining.
@Anonymous wrote:....I think I will start driving a truck again at least I know they will not take my gas pedal and stick it in the glove box.....
.. thats funny. Are you old enough to remember when the dimmer switch was on the floor by your left foot instead of on the column? That was mass confusion for a while. You would met an oncoming car and start stomping the floor trying to hit the dimmer.
Everything changes.
Dimmer switch on the floor and real vent windows that you could swing around and direct the air on you. Also with the window down and the vent window opened, it gave you something to hang onto while your arm rested on the lower portion of the window opening. That way you could really work on the old left-arm only tan.
I remember the vent window in my dads old truck wouldn't stay opened at all. It would just flop back closed when you let it go. Had to hold it open all the time if you wanted any air. The post behind the vent window did make for a good hand hold when the ride got too rough.
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