Even a dollar feels good sometimes right?
Well here is something I stumbled upon yesterday while I was looking for another setting.
Some of you may love Inventor Fusion and it's quick heads up display, but some of you would like to just move on and not feel forced into it.
So if you have already had to do a feature recogntion on 2011 non-Inventor parts, you've already noticed that when you double click on the base1 solid, it will take you straight to Inventor Fusion to recoginize features and make changes to the part. This is actually a quick and easy way to make changes and then it takes you right back to Inventor when you're done and gives you a base solid again with no features.
However, if you would like to have a part that keeps the features that have been recognized, then you'll want to use Inventor's feature recognition instead.
So, what happened to Feature recognition for Inventor 2011?
Here is the quick tech tip:
Challenge:
In Inventor 2011, you import a file other than Inventor such as Solidworks, Step, Pro-e, or Iges, when you double click on the base1 to edit using feature recognition, but instead it wants to take you to Inventor Fusion.
Solution:
If you are not yet familiar with Inventor Fusion and wish to continue using Inventor’s feature recognition from Autodesk Labs, you will want to download the latest version from http://bit.ly/9vZtwi, and then in Inventor 2011 go to Tools>Application Options, and on the “Part” tab go to the lower left hand corner where you will find “Edit Base Solids using,” and choose “Legacy Solid Edit environment.” The change will take effect immediately upon opening a new part, there is no need to reboot or restart Inventor.
TO BE CONTINUED...
(next to come is a tutorial on how to use Feature Recognition, and/or Inventor Fusion)
