Drawing Browser Reference

What's New: 2021.1

Drawing

indicates an Inventor drawing file.

AutoCAD Drawing

indicates the drawing is an AutoCAD DWG file. View, print, and measure the file contents in Inventor.

Updates Deferred

indicates the drawing file is in a deferred state.

Drawing Resources

contains resources that are used to add and set up new drawing sheets.

Sheet Format Folder

contains sheet formats.

Sheet

provides access to insert a sheet.

Border Folder

contains border formats.

Border

provides access to format and insert a sheet border.

Title Block Folder

contains title block formats.

Title Block

provides access to format and insert a title block.

Sketch Symbol Folder

contains sketch symbols.

Sketch Symbol

provides access to associated sketch symbol definition.

Sketch Symbols Sub-folder

groups symbols for better browser organization.

Sheet

displays and provides access to edit the associated sheet.

Sheet Border

provides access to delete the current sheet border.

Title Block

provides access to edit the associated title block.

Field Text

provides access to drawing property fields.

Sketch Symbol

displays the associated non-static sketch symbol on the drawing sheet.

Static Sketch Symbol

displays the associated static sketch symbol on the drawing sheet.

Parts List

provides access to edit, export, or delete a parts list.

Base View, Independent View

indicates the first placed view in a new drawing or a view independent of existing drawing views.

Projected View

indicates a first-angle or third-angle projection of a base view, depending on the drafting standard.

Overlay View

uses a positional representation to show an assembly in different positions in a single view.

Auxiliary View

indicates a view projected from an edge or a line in a base view.

Section View

indicates a full, half, offset, partial, or aligned section view from a specified base view.

Detail View

indicates a detail of a specified portion of a base view. The view is created without an alignment to the base view, but can be attached to the base view.

Draft View

displays a view that contains one or more associated sketches. The draft view does not contain a representation of a 3D model.

Slice

indicates a zero-depth section or "slice" from an existing view.

Break

indicates a broken, foreshortened view.

Crop View

displays view cropped from another view.

Break Out

indicates material was removed from an existing view to expose obscured parts or features.

Raster View

indicates a draft preview of a drawing view displayed while a precise drawing view is calculated in the background. Place the cursor on a raster view icon to display a tooltip showing the progress of precise calculation.

Sick View

indicates a view is unable to resolve the link to the corresponding file. It is also an indication for a view that has become unattached to its base view.

Drawing Attached

indicates a detail view or break pinned to another view.

View Out of Date

appears next to a view (or part list entry - Inventor) in the browser to indicate the view is out of date with any of the associated files.

Model Out of Date

appears next to a view and model in the browser to indicate the model is out of date.

Shortcut to Base View

indicates the views were created as dependent views on a different sheet. Use the shortcut and go to the parent view sheet.

Projected View Shortcut

indicates projected view placed on a sheet different than the parent view. Use the shortcut and go to the projected view sheet.

Auxiliary View Shortcut

indicates auxiliary view placed on a sheet different than the parent view. Use the shortcut and go to the auxiliary view sheet.

Section View Shortcut

indicates section view placed on a sheet different than the parent view. Use the shortcut and go to the section view sheet.

Detail View Shortcut

indicates detail view placed on a sheet different than the parent view. Use the shortcut and go to the detail view sheet.

General Table

displays and provides access to the associated general table.

Hole Table

displays and provides access to the associated hole table.

Revision Table

displays and provides access to the associated revision table.

Sheet Sketch

displays and provides access to the associated sheet sketch.

Assembly

displays and provides access to the assembly in the drawing view.

Part

displays and provides access to the part in the drawing view.

Transparent Part

indicates the part is transparent.

AutoCAD Block Folder

contains the AutoCAD blocks.

AutoCAD Block

displays the AutoCAD block instance.

AutoCAD Static Block

displays the AutoCAD static block instance.

AutoCAD Model

contains the model definition for the AutoCAD DWG file opened in Inventor.