Set the project properties so that the root design or .iam file opens successfully.
After you create or import an ETO project successfully, perform the setup steps to finish the process and start using ETO.
- Lay out the ETO-related views in Visual Studio. There are five views, available on the View menu, or the ETO toolbar. This step is necessary in both the design mode and debugging mode in Visual Studio. Although you are probably in design mode now, most of the time you work in debugging mode.
- In the Solution Explorer, right-click the project, and click Properties. In Properties, set the root design or assembly file to use when Inventor starts up.
- Open the Design Navigator view, and look at the list of designs. To create a design, right-click a parent design in the list. Typically, one of your first new designs is the default root design (step #2) of the project.
- Use F5 to start Inventor, or use the Run (triangle) command. After you start Inventor, there is no need to stop and restart to change the Intent rules. To stop Inventor immediately with no option to save any Inventor files, use the stop debugging (square) command. This behavior is normal for Visual Studio. You can still save your IKS files from Visual Studio.
For more information about setting up projects in ETO Studio, see the ETO Discussion Group.