To Work with Automatic Drawing Updates

You can defer the automatic updates for a drawing, keeping it static until you change its update status.

Defer Automatic Updates to Drawings

1. With a drawing open, click Tools tab Options panel Document Settings .
2. On the Drawing tab of the Document Settings dialog box, select the Defer Updates check box.

Defer Automatic Updates Before Opening a Drawing

1. Click File Open.

2. Locate and select a drawing file.
3. Click Options.
4. Select Defer Updates in the File Open Options dialog box.

Update Drawing Views and Sheets Manually (not available in Inventor LT)

If you do not want to trigger Update automatically, you can manually update drawings while you work.

1. On the Quick Access toolbar, click the arrow beside Update.
2. Select the appropriate option:
   • To regenerate only the active sheet, click Update ().
   • To update all sheets with changes, click Update All Sheets ().
   • To update this sheet, select the sheet in the browser and click Update.