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Configuring the Inventor rendering module options

The Inventor rendering options specify which drawing layouts to render and to which format in the destination system.

To configure the Inventor rendering options:

  1. In BlueCielo Application Manager, expand the name of the publishing job in the configuration tree that you want to configure.
  2. Select the Configuration branch in the configuration tree. The job's configuration pages appear in the right pane.
  3. Click the Rendition tab. The Rendition configuration page appears.
  4. Select Autodesk Inventor and click Options. The Inventor Render Options dialog box appears.
  5. Click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.

Inventor rendering options
Option Description

Timeout

The number of seconds for the rendering module to wait for Inventor to complete rendering before the publishing job is stopped and the Inventor process terminated. A timeout can occur if there is a data error in the source document.

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Run Inventor in visible mode

Enable this option to run Inventor visibly for troubleshooting. By default, it runs in the background.

File extensions

A semicolon-delimited (;) list of source file extensions to be rendered by this module. Each file extension selected enables corresponding options in the Output group to be configured.

To modify the list:

  1. Click Change. The Input File Extensions dialog box appears.
  2. Select the file extensions that you want to be rendered by Autodesk Inventor.
  3. Click Close. The list is refreshed to show your selections.

Source document type

Which Inventor file types to render to the format specified by the Output file format option. You may configure output options for only those file types specified by the File extensions option.

Output file format

The output file format to which to render the Inventor file type specified by the Source document type option.

  1. Click Options. A dialog box appears that shows the specific options for the selected file format.
  2. Select options using the descriptions in the following table that corresponds to the name of the dialog that appears.
Inventor DWF Render Options
Option Description

Publish Mode

The amount of data to render from the source document depending on the file type:

Assembly:

  • Express – Renders the current view of the document. Does not render bill of materials data, design views, or positional representations.
  • Complete – Renders the full content of the file. Renders all enabled bill of materials data, all design views, and all positional representations.

Drawing:

  • Express – Renders only the active sheet without the 3D model.
  • Complete – Renders all sheets and all 3D models except sheets excluded from printing.

Part, Sheet Metal Part, iPart, iAssembly:

  • Express – Renders the current view of the document.
  • Complete – Renders the full content of the file.

Presentation:

  • Express – Renders the static exploded views. Does not render bill of materials data, design views, or positional representations. All unsaved working changes including the current camera position render to the DWF file. Components invisible in Autodesk Inventor render and are shown in the DWF model palette as hidden.
  • Complete – Rendered DWF file contains all presentation views (including animations and assembly instructions) and the associated Autodesk Inventor assembly, along with its design views, positional representations, and BOM.

Note    Only the active level of detail representations are rendered.

Custom – Options shown on the Assembly, Drawing, Part, or Presentation tabs that appears when this option is selected. The options correspond to the Autodesk Inventor Export command options. The tabs that appear correspond to the current Source document type option. For more information about the options on the tabs, refer to the Autodesk Inventor documentation.

Enable Measure

Enables the Measure tool in the output file.

Enable Printing

Enables the printing the output file.

Enable Markups

Enables markup of the output file.

Enable Markups Editing

Enables markup editing in the output file.
Inventor PDF Render Options
Option Description

Sheet Range

Which drawing sheets to render. To render only a range of sheets, select Sheets in range and then type the sheet numbers in From and To. To render all sheets except those specified, select Excluded Sheets.

All colors as black

Renders all colors in the source drawing to black in the output file.

Remove object line weights

Renders all line weights in the source drawing to the same weight in the output file.

Vector resolution

Select a resolution to which to render vector objects.

Inventor TIFF Render Options
Option Description

Image Size

Type a size for the output image (in pixels) for each dimension.

Inventor Printer Render Options
Option Description

Printer

Select a printer name from the list of available printers and then select a color depth for the rendition, either Gray scale or Color. The printer driver must not show any interactive dialog boxes during printing, for example, Save As to save the printer driver output as a disk file. If the driver does show a dialog box, the Inventor rendering module cannot detect it and respond accordingly. Such a printer driver cannot be used with the Inventor rendering module. Test all printer drivers thoroughly to determine their compatibility.

Output file extension

A valid file extension to assign to the output file.

Use global paper settings

Select this option if the page size and orientation are stored as property values for the source documents and the corresponding options are selected as described in Configuring the rendering options. If those options are not selected, select default values from Paper size and Orientation. For acceptable page size property values, see NEW Page size names.

Use defaults if paper settings can not be matched

Select this option to configure a default page size and orientation if the values that are retrieved as described in Configuring the rendering options are missing or do not match those provided by the operating system.

Scale

Select an option to specify the scale of the output on the page.

If you select Model 1:1, you may enable the Tiling enabled option, that specifies that large drawings can be tiled for printing on multiple pages. Registration marks are printed on page corners to allow alignment of printed pages. Page identifiers contain the drawing and sheet name and a table cell number helps to keep pages in order.

If you select Custom, type a scale ratio in the text box.

Sheet Range

Which drawing sheets to render. To render only a range of sheets, select Sheets in range and then type the sheet numbers in From and To. To render all sheets except those specified, select Excluded Sheets.

Rotate by 90 degrees

Rotates the output 90 degrees clockwise on the page.

All colors as black

Renders all colors in the source drawing to black in the output file.

Remove object line weights

Renders all line weights in the source drawing to the same weight in the output file.
  1. Click OK to save your output format options.
  2. Click OK to save your rendering options.
  3. Click to save the configuration changes.

Related concepts

Understanding the Inventor rendering module


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