Factory Design tools panel and asset browser missing in Inventor

[TomE8]

Hello everyone, I have installed Inventor 2022, Factory Design 2022, and Vault 2022 and have been having some issues trying to use Factory Design. When I have looked up tutorials or help documentation on how to use it they talk about going to the tools panel and then the asset browser but I don't see a tools panel or the asset browser button anywhere. When I type in "asset browser" in the Inventor search command I find it, but it's grayed out so I can't click on it. See the attached picture for what I see in the Factory Design tab. Please let me know if I am missing something obvious or if you know what is going on. Thanks!

[liqinomickey · Accepted solution]

Hi @TomE8 ,

At Inventor Home page, we have "Factory" ribbon and there is a button "Layout Browser".

Bringing up this layout browser, you can create or open layout in "Select an Option" drop down list. This is the preferred way of creating or opening a layout.

After creating or opening a layout (it is special iam), the "Asset Broswer" should appear itself. If not, you can bring it up in Factory Ribbon -->Tools -->Palettes or use the Show Tabs "+" button at either palette.

[TomE8]

Thank you Mikey! That was simple enough.