Application Options - General tab

Sets behavioral options for operations in the application.

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Options General tab

Start-up

Controls default startup behavior.

Start-up action

Enables startup dialog box and document options.

File Open dialog

Display File Open dialog box upon startup.

File New dialog

Display File New dialog box upon startup.

New from template

Specify template and project files. The default template file is standard.ipt. You can browse for a template file, or enter a template file name. Autodesk Inventor searches in the Templates folder defined in the project file. The default project file is default.ipj. You can select from a list of known Autodesk Inventor project files.

Load VBA on start-up

Loads VBA on start-up. Turned off by default to save load time.

When turned off, VBA loads only when you open the

VBA Editor.
Macros dialog box.
Document with embedded VBA.

Show Welcome Screen on start-up

Displays the Welcome screen upon startup.

Prompting interaction

Controls the appearance of tooltips, and autocomplete behavior.

Show command prompting (Dynamic Prompts): When selected, command prompts display in a tooltip near the cursor.
Show command alias input dialog: When selected, displays the command alias input dialog box next to the cursor when you enter the first character of a command name.
Show autocomplete for alias command input: When selected, displays the Autocomplete list box when you enter an ambiguous or incomplete command.

Note: Autocomplete does not affect the user interface when Show command alias input dialog box is not selected.

Tooltip appearance

Sets the tooltip display criteria.

Show Tooltips: Controls the display of tooltips when you pause the cursor over a command in the ribbon.
Seconds to delay: Sets the length of time (in seconds) for the tooltip in the ribbon to display.

Note: To disable the display of tooltips, select Show Tooltips.
Show second-level Tooltips: Controls the display of second-level tooltips in the ribbon.
Seconds to delay: Sets the length of time (in seconds) for the second-level tooltip in the ribbon to display.
Show document tab tooltips: Controls the display of tooltips when you pause the cursor over a command in the ribbon.
Show ToolClips: Controls the display of ToolClips when you pause the cursor over a command in the ribbon.

User name

Sets the user name for notes and other Autodesk Inventor functions.

Text appearance

Sets the text font for dialog boxes, browsers, and title bars.

Enable creation of legacy project types

When selected, Autodesk Inventor you can create Shared and Semi-Isolated project types.

Physical Properties

Controls how and when mass properties are calculated.

Calculate inertial properties using the negative integral

Controls how the inertial properties are reported in the Properties dialog box Physical tab, and on the clipboard.

When selected, the negative integral, and either the Global or Center of Gravity is selected in the Properties dialog box, Physical tab, Inertial Properties section. The data shown is the rigid body inertia tensor of the selected component. Any of the off diagonal elements (Ixy, Iyz, Ixz) can be negative or positive, depending on the coordinate system and the component mass distribution.

When cleared, the positive integral flips the sign of the off diagonal elements to report only the integral part of the value.

Update physical properties on save

When selected, on the Manage tab, Update panel, the Update Mass Properties command executes before saving the file. By not requiring a manual update action, it keeps mass properties up to date. Select either Parts Only or Parts and Assemblies. Updating mass properties for assemblies can take considerable time.

Undo file size (MB)

Sets the size of the temporary file that tracks changes to a model or drawing so that you can undo actions. For large or complex models and drawings, increase the size of this file to provide adequate Undo capacity. Enter the size, in megabytes, or click the up or down arrow to select the size.

Note: For best results, increase or decrease the file size in 4-megabyte increments.

Annotation scale

Sets the size of non model elements in the graphics window, such as dimension text, arrowheads on the dimensions, degree of freedom symbols, and so on. You can adjust the scale from 0.2 to 5.0. The default is 1.0.

Grip Snap: Grip Snap Options reference

Selection

Sets the object selection criteria.

Enable Optimized Selection: Improves graphics performance while prehighlighting in a large assembly. When selected, the Select Other algorithm initially ranks only the objects closest to the screen. If you click through this first group of objects, it ranks the next group.
"Select Other" delay (sec): Sets the length of time (in seconds) for the selection cursor to pause over geometry before Select Other displays.

Note: You can set to Off instead of a numerical value.
Locate tolerance: Sets the distance (in pixels) from which clicking selects an object. Enter a number from 1 to 10 or click the up or down arrow to select the distance.