Construction environment browser reference

Note: The construction environment is disabled by default. Consider using the repair environment to evaluate and repair geometry. Go to the Part tab in the Application Options dialog box to enable the construction environment.

Use the construction environment browser to display information on imported data in Autodesk Inventor.

Note: To increase system performance in the Part modeling environment, turn off the construction environment folder to prevent the data from being loaded into memory.

Access:

When surfaces and solids are copied to the construction environment, the construction environment browser is displayed in the model browser.

Construction folder	You can check the quality of the data. Using commands on the Construction tab, you can edit and repair surfaces or solids (non-parametrically) for use in part modeling.
Group	Depending on the import option, generates either a group for each layer or each group. If the IGES or STEP data does not have a layer or group attribute, the data is placed in the default group. Note: If the imported model does not include a specific data type, an associated subgroup is not created. Composites are copied to a Group of the same name. Faces and base surfaces are copied to a new Group.
Surfaces	Displays the number of surface entities.
Solids	Displays the number of solid entities.
Wires	Displays the number of wireframe entities.
Diagnostics	Displays the number of surfaces or solids found by the Quality Check command.

Note: By default, Autodesk Inventor applies the part name (file name of the inserted part) to browser file nodes, whereas other CAD systems may apply the part number property. When a STEP file is imported into Autodesk Inventor, its name may differ from the name of the CAD system which generated the STEP file. To avoid confusion, use Rename Browser Nodes to specify the browser node naming scheme.