Use the report options in Design Assistant to create reports to help you track and manage Autodesk Inventor files and other related files. Reports are saved as text files that you can view, edit, or print.
Create hierarchy report
A hierarchy report shows the hierarchy within the selected folder or for an Autodesk Inventor file. For example, it can provide a list of all component files for an assembly. It does not show properties or other information about the files in the hierarchy.
- Open Design Assistant, either within Autodesk Inventor or from Microsoft Windows Explorer.
- Select Tools
Reports Hierarchy to open the dialog box. - Set the number of levels on which to report.
- Click Next to open the Report Location dialog box.
- Specify the location and file name for the report. The report is saved to the specified file.
Create design property report
A design property report shows the hierarchy within the selected file or group of files, and the specified properties for each file.
Before creating a design property report, use View Customize, and then set the properties to include on the Select Properties to View dialog box.
- Open Design Assistant, either within Autodesk Inventor or from Microsoft Windows Explorer.
- Select Tools Reports Properties to open the dialog box.
- Set the number of levels on which to report.
- Click Next to open the Report Location dialog box.
- Specify the location and file name for the report. The report is saved to the specified file.