- Activate Cylinder Clamp.ipn for edit.
Since Cylinder Clamp.ipn is still open, there are several methods that can be used to return to the file for edit:
- If individual windows are open within Autodesk Inventor, click the window border of the IPN file.
- Click the Cylinder Clamp.ipn tab along the lower edge of the application.
- Click the Open Documents up arrow along the lower edge of the application, and select Cylinder Clamp.ipn from the list of open documents.
You will now add a Tweak to your Presentation that contains some direction changes.
- On the ribbon, click
Presentation tab
Create panel
Tweak Components
, or right-click and select Tweak Components from the marking menu. - Click the face previously used to define direction.
- Click the Lock Pin instance that appears closest to you in the view.
- Drag the pin out (towards the left) some distance.
- Release the mouse button to stop dragging and establish the first segment of the trail.
- Click the Y button in the Transformations area of the Tweak Component dialog box.
- Click over an empty area in your view, and drag the cursor down towards the bottom of the view some distance.
- Release the mouse button to stop dragging and establish the second segment of the trail.
- Click the X button in the Transformations area of the Tweak Component dialog box.
- Click over an empty area in your view, and drag down towards the bottom right side of the view some distance.
- Release the mouse button to stop dragging and establish the third segment of the trail.
- Click Close in the Tweak Component dialog box. Your view should appear like the following image:
- Click
Save.