The environments within Inventor are purpose/task driven. These virtual environments enable you to understand the purpose of the environment, how to access the available tools, and provide feedback to reinforce actions.
The following base environments are available in Autodesk Inventor:
Part
Sheet Metal Part
Assembly
Weldment Assembly
Drawing
Presentation
Additionally within the Part, Assembly, and Drawing base environments, you can access the 2d and 3d sketch environments.
Note: The base environments listed previously are also referred to as document or file types. All other types of environments available within Autodesk Inventor, such as sketch, construction, and the specialized environments such as Studio, are not specific document or file types.
Within the Part, Assembly, and Drawing environments, specialized environments are available for performing certain tasks.
The Assembly environment includes access to:
Dynamic Simulation (Autodesk Simulation Suite, Autodesk Inventor Professional )
Stress Analysis (Autodesk Simulation Suite, Autodesk Inventor Professional)
Frame Analysis (Autodesk Simulation Suite, Autodesk Inventor Professional)
Inventor Studio
AEC Exchange
Cable and Harness (Autodesk Inventor Professional)
Tube and Pipe (Autodesk Inventor Professional)
Weldment (upon converting to Weldment)
The Part environment provides access to:
Stress Analysis (Autodesk Simulation Suite, Autodesk Inventor Professional)
Inventor Studio
AEC Exchange
Sheet Metal (upon converting to Sheet metal)
Once you enter an environment, all commands that enable you to work within that environment are available for you. Each specialized environment has a unique tab, called a contextual tab, with commands specific to that environment. For example, when you enter the Studio environment, a new tab labeled Render is displayed.
Example of the Studio contextual tab
The Render tab is specific to Studio. Tabs specific to an environment have a unique color to indicate you are working in a specialized environment.
Each specialized environment and 2D/3D sketch provides an Exit/Finish (environment) command, on the right side of the ribbon, to allow you to re-enter the general working environment.
Use Return to leave in-place editing and quickly return to the desired environment. The destination depends on which modeling environment you are working in.
To access Environments within an Assembly file
In an Assembly file, on the ribbon, click on the Environments tab.
To access Environments within a Part file
In a Part file, on the ribbon, click on the Environments tab.
To access Environments within a Drawing file
In a drawing file, on the ribbon, click on the Environments tab.
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