Being Inventive

Unable to create AVI from .ipn files after installing SP1 for Inventor 2012

We are aware of this issue and working on a fix.

Workaround would be to install SP1 and change the graphics setting in Inventor under Application options -> Hardware -> to Compatibility view.

After this change restart Inventor.

This would help you to create Avi files as output.

Use of 3GB switch with Inventor 2012 on 32 bit machine

Autodesk does not support or endorse the /3GB switch on 32 bit machines.

In many cases, this customization will cause Inventor graphics to be incorrectly displayed.

The new enhancements for marking menu, mini toolbar & select other “may” all consume more memory than their 2011 equivalents.

Instead, we recommend updating to a 64-bit version of Windows as reported as well in the Wiki Help under Autodesk Inventor 3 GB feature (Applies to 32-bit operating systems only)

 

Text missing in the Sketch environment

You are working with AutoCAD Inventor 2011 and you do not see any Text in your Sketch environment.

We have had a few customers recently complaining of this and we think this is due to a Windows Update but not confirmed at this stage.

The solution so far is to switch to "Compatibility Mode" in Application Option hardware tab.

 

Disabling reflections and textures

Since R2009 we removed  the possibility to turn off reflections and textures.
Before R2009  there was a check box in the application option settings to do this.
The checkbox was called "Show Reflections and Textures".

For performance reasons you might still be interested to temporarily turn off reflections and textures.
So how would you accomplish this in the later releases?
Here are two methods that can be used.

Method 1 ( if you feel confident editing the registry)

The method consists in turning off the registry keys  “EnvironmentCubeTexturePath” and “SliceCapTexturePath”.
Note that doing so does not adversely affect the display of zebras or threads or the viewcube.

Here is the detailed procedure.

·         Close Inventor

·         Export one of the color scheme registry keys. For instance key 1 (which corresponds to Millenium), [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\Inventor\RegistryVersion13.0\System\Preferences\ColorSchemes\Schemes\1]

·         Edit the exported .reg  file and change the color scheme key name to a new name , for instance “No texture”.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\Inventor\RegistryVersion13.0\System\Preferences\ColorSchemes\Schemes\No texture]

·         Import this .reg file in the registry

·         Set the following existing  string value to a blank string
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\Inventor\RegistryVersion13.0\System\Preferences\ColorSchemes\Schemes\No texture]
"EnvironmentCubeTexturePath” = “”

·         Create the following new string with a dash as the string value:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\Inventor\RegistryVersion13.0\System\Preferences\ColorSchemes\Schemes\No texture]
"SliceCapTexturePath"="-"

·         Start Inventor and use the “No texture” color scheme as your active color scheme (in the Colors tab of the Application options)

Method 2 ( if you don't feel so confident in editing the registry)

Create an empty text file but give it extension ".dds" instead of ".txt".
Name the file for instance “dull.dds” and feed it into the "Reflection Environment" entry in the Colors tab of the Application options.

This method will also eliminate reflections and might be simpler to perform than Method1.