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Set Your Environment 5 The basics in this manual get you started using the Autodesk Inventor® software. References in For More Information tables throughout the manual guide you to Help topics, tutorials, and other resources that contain detailed information and specific instructions. Find out more within books about Autodesk Inventor, online resources of other Autodesk Inventor users, and the Autodesk® Newsgroup at http://discussion.autodesk.com. Along with the procedures in Help, the tutorials provide the step-by-step procedures that complement the information in this manual. When you launch Autodesk Inventor, and before you open a file, the Get Started tab displays in the ribbon. The Get Started tab provides access to the many learning resources and customer involvement opportunities. Commands and Tools The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) at the top of the screen is a set of common commands you can access across all environments. You can add commands to the QAT. Then, if necessary to accommodate numerous commands, you can dock the QAT under the ribbon. The commands and tools for modeling are located on the ribbon below the QAT, organized by tab and by panels on each tab. The panel display on each tab is context dependent. In certain situations, a panel can be hidden. To check for hidden panels, right-click in the ribbon next to the panels. A list of the panels displays. Panels with no check marks are hidden. Select to add the check mark and display the hidden panel. This illustration shows some of the panels on the Sketch tab. 63

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Set Your Environment
The basics in this manual get you started using the Autodesk Inventor
®
software. References
in For More Information tables throughout the manual guide you to Help topics, tutorials,
and other resources that contain detailed information and specific instructions.
Find out more within books about Autodesk Inventor, online resources of other Autodesk
Inventor users, and the Autodesk
®
Newsgroup at
.
Along with the procedures in Help, the tutorials provide the step-by-step procedures that
complement the information in this manual.
When you launch Autodesk Inventor, and before you open a file, the Get Started tab displays
in the ribbon. The Get Started tab provides access to the many learning resources and customer
involvement opportunities.
Commands and Tools
The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) at the top of the screen is a set of common
commands you can access across all environments. You can add commands to
the QAT. Then, if necessary to accommodate numerous commands, you can
dock the QAT under the ribbon.
The commands and tools for modeling are located on the ribbon below the
QAT, organized by tab and by panels on each tab. The panel display on each
tab is context dependent. In certain situations, a panel can be hidden. To check
for hidden panels, right-click in the ribbon next to the panels. A list of the
panels displays. Panels with no check marks are hidden. Select to add the check
mark and display the hidden panel.
This illustration shows some of the panels on the Sketch tab.
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