Set up the model for visualization - Exercise

In this lesson, you will use the appearance controls of inventor along with the visual styles to create a quick image of a design for sharing with others.

Learning objectives

Modify the appearance of a component.

Edit the appearance of specific faces on a component.

Change the display of a component in the assembly.

Export and image of the component.

The completed exercise

Open Gear housing.ipt file.

Gear housing file

Select a different material using the material properties pull down and note the change to the appearance of the model.

Eventually set the material to Aluminum.

Set the material to Aluminum

Use the pull-down on the right to change the appearance of the model to be different than the default for the physical material.

The lesson will use Smooth – Navy from the Autodesk Appearance Library.

Appearance Browser option

Select the Appearance Browser from between the two pull-downs used to set the material and appearance of the model.

Double-click Smooth – Navy to edit it.

Select the Relief Pattern option and set the Image to: AlloySand2_bump.bmp.

Relief Pattern option

Select the preview of the image and change the Scale: Sample Size to 3 from 12.

Close the Texture Editor dialog.

In the Appearance Editor, change the Plastic: Finish to Matte.

The Appearance Editor

Select: Extrusion8, Extrusion9, Extrusion11, Hole3, Hole4, Hole6, and Chamfer1 in the browser and use the pull-down to set the appearance of those features to Satin.

Select the bottom face of the housing and set its appearance to Satin.

Satin appearance

In the View tab, set the appearance of the Model to Realistic.

Set the Ray Tracing quality to Low.

Set the Lighting environment to Empty Lab and use Settings to no longer Display Scene Image.

Use File > Export > Image to save the image on the screen.