To Customize Info Tips

When you pause the cursor over an Inventor file name, an Info Tip displays the properties of that file.

You can control the properties that appear by changing the InfoTip XML file.

Edit the InfoTip File

1. Open the InfoTip.config file, which you can find at the following location in Windows 7 and Windows 8:

   C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Autodesk Inventor [Version]\InfoTip.config

2. In the InfoTip.config file, adjust the attributes to display your specific properties:
   • If necessary, change the name attribute of any property.
   • To control the display of a property, set the exclude attribute to “yes” or “no”.
   • Delete or add elements as necessary.

     When adding elements keep in mind that the id element value must be unique for each property. Added elements must be inside the <DesignTracking> section.

   Note: In the configuration file, Design Tracking Control section, the property elements display only when they own a value, even if exclude is set to “no.”
3. Save the file.
4. In Windows 7 or Windows 8, a system restart or a reregistration for infotip.dll is required before your updates on the configuration file take effect. To register the .dll, execute the following on the command line:

   regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Inventor 2015\Bin\InfoTip.dll"

   regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Inventor 2015\Bin\InfoTip.dll"

5. To view your changes, pause the cursor over a different Inventor file to generate and display the new Info Tip. Otherwise, Windows displays the old cached Info Tip.

   Info Tips display the changed properties until you make more changes or delete the InfoTip.config file.

Restore the Default InfoTip File

• If you delete the entire InfoTip.config file and want to restore it, pause the cursor over an Inventor file.

  The system generates a new InfoTip.config file with the default configuration.