Create a presentation file (IPN) and insert a model in the first scene. Create more scenes to work with different source models or different sets of representations in one presentation file.
- To create a presentation file:
- From the application menu: Click
File
New. In the Create New File, select the default IPN template or locate and select other IPN template, and click Create.
- In an assembly file: Right-click the name of the assembly in the browser and select
Create Presentation from the context menu. The view is based on the last active Design View Representation.
- In the Insert dialog box, locate and select a model file to be inserted in the first Scene.
- To specify model representations, in the Select Assembly dialog box, click Options. Then in the File Open Options dialog box:
- Click Open to insert the model in the presentation file.
To Add a Scene to a Presentation
In the Model browser, right-click the root node, and click Create Scene. Then select a source model file and model representations, and click Open.
You can copy a Scene and paste it into the presentation. The source model and all tweaks and actions from the source scene are included in the copy. You can rename scenes using your naming conventions.
To Work with Design View Representations in a Scene
When you create a scene, you select a design view representation to use, and set the Associative option.
To change the design view representation or Associative setting for an existing scene, right-click the scene in the browser, and click Representations. Then edit the settings in the Representations dialog box, and click OK.
To edit component visibility or opacity in a presentation scene associative with a design view representation, either break the associativity or override the property. In the message box, select:
- Break to cancel associativity between the scene and the source design view representation. The Break button clears the Associative option in the Representations dialog box for the current scene.
- Override to block the design view associativity for the edited property. The Associativity option remains selected for the scene. If the design view representation in the source assembly changes, all property overrides in the scene are kept, and only original property values are updated.