From the course: Migrating from AutoCAD to Inventor

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Customizing the look and behavior of Inventor

Customizing the look and behavior of Inventor

From the course: Migrating from AutoCAD to Inventor

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Customizing the look and behavior of Inventor

- An important step in getting comfortable with Inventor is to have Inventor look the way you want it to look, and to be able to have that aesthetic appeal as well as be able to make some changes to how Inventor functions that will make you feel more at home. The primary place to do this is in the Application Options. Application options are the elements that change all of Inventor. The easiest place to find them is in the Application menu and down at the bottom, selecting Options. The Application Options, as you can see, have many tabs. These tabs control different elements. For example, how long you can hover over an item before it highlights, or offers you different selection options. In the Colors tab, this is one of the ones that people like to explore, you can select different color schemes with a preview in the window. For example, high contrast with a one color background might make an AutoCAD user feel at home, but it's not quite as attractive as going to Millennium with a…

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