This is dry material, but so important to understand and you've done a great job explaining the basics of a very tedious and confusing topic. Well done mate. Folks take note, make sure you copy your design data folder, and template folder as shown in the video, and point your project file to the new location....then have at it.
Neil only you can make this sort of thing understandable and entertaining! You have a rare gift for explaining the difficult to explain! Keep up with the dry and boring because you cover things no one else will dare to deal with...ie Vault, Styles Manager, etc......
Have just got access to Inventor 2025 in a private company. If I hadn't watched your videos on templates and style manager I would have been pulling my hair out by now!! Great stuff.
seriously.... seriously... Thank you.. this is an obtuse interface for all of this stuff, and you just running through it quick like this means the world. Thank you. You always do such a good job of explaining these things. This 20 min video has just saved me days of future frustration, and that cannot be overstated. You're the best.
Oh thank you for this. I have battled with styles forever and not be able to make sense of it. Now I have been enlightened. You said it was dry and boring but I hung on every word. Thank you again and keep up the great work.
This was an excellent video! I was beating my head against the wall for the last hour trying to figure out how to make annotating drawings easier. Thanks for the help, and keep doing what you're doing!
Self teaching Inventor for work....I stumbled my way thru this prior to watching, but your video helps make it all make sense. Thanks for the informative and candid tutorials!
This video melts the fog around the styles manager. This is what words in a book cannot clearyfy within so little time. This was very usefull !! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
+Koen Van der Aa Wow that's amazing feedback, thanks so much! It makes me wonder how much more useful could I be if I actually spent the time to write a script first before doing these!
Perfect, I was battling with a style conflict this morning, the official Autodesk help pages were absolutely useless but this video got me sorted. Thanks!!
Thanks Neil. Was using this but now much clearer. We've just gone from Inventor 2012 to 2018 and I somehow volunteered to sort out the Materials, Colours, Templates and Styles.And everything else ! ! ! Cheers.Jim
Hi Neil. This video is a huge help, and one that I have been waiting for from you for ages - I just wish I could have seen it 2 years ago, when I spent 2 weeks literally tearing my hair out over this crap. Once again, clearly explained, giving exactly the practical information we need to get on with the job and preserve our sanity. You are a rare beacon of light in the Inventor darkness. Well done again. Stephen
Hi Neil - Thanks for the excellent tutorial. Really appreciated all the time and effort you put into these UA-cam Videos.All the best to you in 2016... I am sure you will see an increase in Subscribers this year. Once again, Well Done Mate!!!
After going through a ton of tutorials and tons of Autodesk mindless explanations I found the light. Niel wan kanobee, you are my cad-guiding source. By the way I signed up to your Patreon link figuring I would get in at the bottom before you become rich and famous. Cheers
Thaaaank you. Thank you for continuing on and pushing through with this channel, it's incredibly helpful and you are excellent at explaining these concepts. Keep it up!
Great video Neil...these fundamental understandings of how things work in the background are important for us beginners to know about and understand. Thanks for doing it mate!!
Thank you so very much! This is exactly what I needed to know! Amazing videos & I'm definitely going to watch all your videos this weekend. You have a terrific way of explaining INVENTOR use. Thank you.
Hey!!!!!! This video is absolutely awesome!!!! So straight to the point but so thoroughly and well explained. It is exactly what I was looking for and more. Great tutorial but also entertaining. You're a pretty funny guy:) I know I will watch tonnes of your videos. So much potential for learning the software from your channel. Thanks and keep up the awesome work.
Thanks for making this video! it's saved me a lot of time trying to figure out how to set up styles for everyone. Could you make a quick video on how to put the project files and lock them? We have people that keep making copies of the project files so that they can edit them. Thanks!
Neil. thanks for the video. But what is the file name that inventor use as "standard" so it always override that? is that all the XML files that we can see under "design data" folder?
As usual another fine tutorial. Can you please do one on customizing creating the none existing drafting symbols? Elevation title section, detail circles etc. Symbols that are of the Architectural genre
Thank you so very much. This is exactly what I need to know. But I have faced a problem, the custom title block not getting updated. I mean to say I want to change the title block with a new title block of old drawings. but this is not happening in that way. so this is my humble request if you guide me.
Great tutorial. Always learning.... I am taking the principles of this and applying to lighting styles. Should work. Can an IBL environment within the Lighting Styles be created and or updated the same way? Thanks
... so everytime I create new project I have to choose my Design Data folder, right? Is there any way to make my Design Data folder default so every new project will use it? Thanks.
Neil, watched this one a few times. Completed all steps just like video. In one project I saved the styles edits. In a different project that uses the same standard with a few more styles edits, I also completed the styles edits save. Then when I went back to the first project I received the styles error message upon starting a new drawing. I assume it has to do with the standard that is referencing the edits, no? If so, how/where does this get saved to the project?
dry, not dry rather good shit to get ones head around, Im just starting with Inventor and without guys like you taking the time and sharing your knowledge how in the hell would a dumb ass like me get through this learning phase, as if one will ever stop the learning process LOL thanks a ton Scott Sinclair all the best cheers
What if I have a couple of project files? We have a Default project file and then we can create several more. How do I tell to Inventor to use the same Style Manager for all the Project files?
Just watched your video, already answering questions that I've had, but one question, as a manager of 6 people, what would be different? Implementation with Vault? Thanks for your videos from Canada.
muchas gracias , siempre tuve probelmas para configurara mis plantillas de dibujo , apesar de la barrera del idioma pude entenderlo genial su explicacion , felicitaciones
In a drawing how do you set up the dimensions from your parts to the bill of material, so if you change the sizes in the parts it will automatically update in the bill of materials. So a cutting sheet can be made from the bill of material.
Hi Neil Thanks for that - Just followed this mouse move for mouse move - but still have a message? go figure its on inventor 2018 I don't know if that's at all different? or I'm just a tart :)
If you just changed the settings for a single file, but did not save as a new style? Do this: 1.) Open the old drawing file with the "all the settings" 2.) Do a save-as of that drawing file. 3.) Delete all the stuff on that drawing and use it as a template for the next drawing. Why do this? What if you "don't have the rights" to create a new style, because of vault issues or the I.T. or Vault Admin restricted that capability. Happens all the time. Almost forgot last thing to do: 4.) Save a copy of that drawing file or template on your local drive. If the vault admin ever opens your file or "batch processes" all the drawings to "update to a new style/standard" your settings will be all wiped out.
Informative and funny video man. the only thing is that you forgot to show how to change the default styles for dimensions and the like. You have to go into styles editor from your drawing template and then open 'Object Defaults'. From there you can specify say a new dimension style you've created for each type - e.g. linear dimension = 'My Version of ISO Default' or whatever you've called your new dimension style. Without doing this you just get frustrated.
Haha thanks, you've noooo idea how strange it is seeing a girls name appear in a comment here, my stats show that 95% of the audience is male so it's literally a sausage fest up in here, you're a rare special snowflake around here!
This is dry material, but so important to understand and you've done a great job explaining the basics of a very tedious and confusing topic. Well done mate. Folks take note, make sure you copy your design data folder, and template folder as shown in the video, and point your project file to the new location....then have at it.
Neil only you can make this sort of thing understandable and entertaining! You have a rare gift for explaining the difficult to explain! Keep up with the dry and boring because you cover things no one else will dare to deal with...ie Vault, Styles Manager, etc......
Have just got access to Inventor 2025 in a private company. If I hadn't watched your videos on templates and style manager I would have been pulling my hair out by now!! Great stuff.
seriously.... seriously... Thank you.. this is an obtuse interface for all of this stuff, and you just running through it quick like this means the world. Thank you. You always do such a good job of explaining these things. This 20 min video has just saved me days of future frustration, and that cannot be overstated. You're the best.
Oh thank you for this. I have battled with styles forever and not be able to make sense of it. Now I have been enlightened.
You said it was dry and boring but I hung on every word. Thank you again and keep up the great work.
This was an excellent video! I was beating my head against the wall for the last hour trying to figure out how to make annotating drawings easier. Thanks for the help, and keep doing what you're doing!
Just wow! Struggling for 2 days to playing with styles, this explains it!
This video is a godsend, i've watched through all of it and it didnt even feel like a 23 min video. Thank you so much!
OMG! I have needed to know this for 15 years! I have just been fixing every drawing. Thank you so much!
Self teaching Inventor for work....I stumbled my way thru this prior to watching, but your video helps make it all make sense. Thanks for the informative and candid tutorials!
Neil, 2022 and you're teachings are still relevant, thanks!
This video melts the fog around the styles manager. This is what words in a book cannot clearyfy within so little time. This was very usefull !! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
+Koen Van der Aa Wow that's amazing feedback, thanks so much! It makes me wonder how much more useful could I be if I actually spent the time to write a script first before doing these!
Perfect, I was battling with a style conflict this morning, the official Autodesk help pages were absolutely useless but this video got me sorted. Thanks!!
Thank you! I've seen this snoozer material in training before here in the States, but you've got a knack! I made it through!
Thanks Neil. Was using this but now much clearer. We've just gone from Inventor 2012 to 2018 and I somehow volunteered to sort out the Materials, Colours, Templates and Styles.And everything else ! ! ! Cheers.Jim
Hi Neil. This video is a huge help, and one that I have been waiting for from you for ages - I just wish I could have seen it 2 years ago, when I spent 2 weeks literally tearing my hair out over this crap. Once again, clearly explained, giving exactly the practical information we need to get on with the job and preserve our sanity. You are a rare beacon of light in the Inventor darkness. Well done again. Stephen
Hi Neil - Thanks for the excellent tutorial. Really appreciated all the time and effort you put into these UA-cam Videos.All the best to you in 2016... I am sure you will see an increase in Subscribers this year. Once again, Well Done Mate!!!
After going through a ton of tutorials and tons of Autodesk mindless explanations I found the light.
Niel wan kanobee, you are my cad-guiding source.
By the way I signed up to your Patreon link figuring I would get in at the bottom before you become rich and famous.
Cheers
Watched it again. And again. Thanks Neil. Jim
Thaaaank you. Thank you for continuing on and pushing through with this channel, it's incredibly helpful and you are excellent at explaining these concepts. Keep it up!
Thanks muchly!
@@Neil3D i didn't get a single word
Yes it is a boring topic, but very useful. This video has saved me a bunch of time. Thank you.
Great video Neil...these fundamental understandings of how things work in the background are important for us beginners to know about and understand. Thanks for doing it mate!!
Thank You ! There could not have been a better start of New Year!
Thanks for adding a 'tidge of humor. It makes the topics much more palatable!
+Bill H It makes doing the videos more bearable too! Thanks for checking them out :)
Great explanations Neil, thanks for the upload.
Neil, Thank you for this very simple and clear explanation of Inventor's dark side.
you can't Imagine how useful this tutorial was.
Thanks Francis, glad it helped!
Thanks jockey that was a great subject to cover, this has been a pain in the butt for me at work. Thanks again
Hi Neil. Thanks a lot for this video. It helps me so much more than you can't imagine!
Thanks Neil! Keep up the Great work. I'm so glad I found your channel last year!
Clear clever and professional as usual! Thanks a Lot TFI!
Great job Neil, thanks for plowing through it!!
As an inventor newbie, I really enjoy your helpful video's. My parts, assy's and drawings are getting better and better! Thank you for that!
Finaly i understood this topic thank you - greetings from Germany😊
Dude!!! Spot on with the tutorial; well presented, easy to understand, funny and very in depth as well. Cheers Buddy..
Thank you so very much! This is exactly what I needed to know! Amazing videos & I'm definitely going to watch all your videos this weekend. You have a terrific way of explaining INVENTOR use. Thank you.
+Vince Magallanes You're welcome! Very glad it helped :)
Thank you! Autodesk inventor has incredibly complicated settings
Hi and thank you. This is an important basic topic and a huge help to me. Much appreciated.
excellent and entertaining video for something so dry as inventor settings! thanks
Hey!!!!!! This video is absolutely awesome!!!! So straight to the point but so thoroughly and well explained. It is exactly what I was looking for and more. Great tutorial but also entertaining. You're a pretty funny guy:) I know I will watch tonnes of your videos. So much potential for learning the software from your channel. Thanks and keep up the awesome work.
Watching from South Africa 🇿🇦
Great video. Super helpful if you are going from solidworks to using Inventor.
Thanks for making this video! it's saved me a lot of time trying to figure out how to set up styles for everyone. Could you make a quick video on how to put the project files and lock them? We have people that keep making copies of the project files so that they can edit them. Thanks!
Thank you a lot Neil! That did explain so much ...
Cheers Jockey its a great tutorial done as fun as it can be
5 years later and that "apples n pears roight..." bit... that is HILARIOUS!!!
You made my day with this video. Thanks.
Neil. thanks for the video. But what is the file name that inventor use as "standard" so it always override that? is that all the XML files that we can see under "design data" folder?
You saved the day with this Video
Thank you very much! It helped a lot and saved a lot of time and nerves!!!
Thank you for your tutorials, they are very useful.
ok, this! is one of them wizardly tutorials.
Great video and presentation skills man
As usual another fine tutorial. Can you please do one on customizing creating the none existing drafting symbols? Elevation title section, detail circles etc. Symbols that are of the Architectural genre
Great explanation, you made it very simple....
Thank you so very much. This is exactly what I need to know. But I have faced a problem, the custom title block not getting updated. I mean to say I want to change the title block with a new title block of old drawings. but this is not happening in that way. so this is my humble request if you guide me.
Even though I didn't learn anything from this particular video, I try to watch them all and "Like" them. Thank fu*k it's TFI CAD!
Thanks a lot, huge help for beginner.
while you are on a sketch enviroment ,can you change your dimension style to fractions intead of decimal?
Fantastic Job Explaining This Process..... getting ready to watch it again with my notepad in hand!!! So glad to have come across your UA-cam Channel.
From Mexico..thank you
Great tutorial. Always learning.... I am taking the principles of this and applying to lighting styles. Should work. Can an IBL environment within the Lighting Styles be created and or updated the same way? Thanks
... so everytime I create new project I have to choose my Design Data folder, right? Is there any way to make my Design Data folder default so every new project will use it? Thanks.
Neil, watched this one a few times. Completed all steps just like video. In one project I saved the styles edits. In a different project that uses the same standard with a few more styles edits, I also completed the styles edits save. Then when I went back to the first project I received the styles error message upon starting a new drawing. I assume it has to do with the standard that is referencing the edits, no? If so, how/where does this get saved to the project?
dry, not dry rather good shit to get ones head around, Im just starting with Inventor and without guys like you taking the time and sharing your knowledge how in the hell would a dumb ass like me get through this learning phase, as if one will ever stop the learning process LOL thanks a ton Scott Sinclair all the best cheers
Thank you very much. I found this very helpful. What happens with multiple custom saved standards? Thanks again.
What if I have a couple of project files? We have a Default project file and then we can create several more. How do I tell to Inventor to use the same Style Manager for all the Project files?
Just watched your video, already answering questions that I've had, but one question, as a manager of 6 people, what would be different? Implementation with Vault? Thanks for your videos from Canada.
muchas gracias , siempre tuve probelmas para configurara mis plantillas de dibujo , apesar de la barrera del idioma pude entenderlo genial su explicacion , felicitaciones
Hi Neil Any time I am in trouble I know where to look. Thanks mate, great help!
In a drawing how do you set up the dimensions from your parts to the bill of material, so if you change the sizes in the parts it will automatically update in the bill of materials. So a cutting sheet can be made from the bill of material.
you saved my life, thanks mate!
Hi, thank you soo much. i was really faithing with layers several weeks. thank you again. S
Hi Neil Thanks for that - Just followed this mouse move for mouse move - but still have a message? go figure its on inventor 2018 I don't know if that's at all different? or I'm just a tart :)
If you just changed the settings for a single file, but did not save as a new style? Do this:
1.) Open the old drawing file with the "all the settings"
2.) Do a save-as of that drawing file.
3.) Delete all the stuff on that drawing and use it as a template for the next drawing.
Why do this? What if you "don't have the rights" to create a new style, because of vault issues or the I.T. or Vault Admin restricted that capability. Happens all the time. Almost forgot last thing to do:
4.) Save a copy of that drawing file or template on your local drive. If the vault admin ever opens your file or "batch processes" all the drawings to "update to a new style/standard" your settings will be all wiped out.
Thank You sooooo much!! This video will help a lot! :D
Hi, pls show me how can i reset them to defaul after changed ?
How change tikness of base line
My mean is line of base shape VS dimension line
Thank you! this helped me a lot!!!
Helped a lot, thanks!
0:00 Exactly my feeling. smh Inventor is a damn pain.
TFI is a real Inventor samurai!! Long live TFI... :D
Informative and funny video man. the only thing is that you forgot to show how to change the default styles for dimensions and the like. You have to go into styles editor from your drawing template and then open 'Object Defaults'. From there you can specify say a new dimension style you've created for each type - e.g. linear dimension = 'My Version of ISO Default' or whatever you've called your new dimension style. Without doing this you just get frustrated.
thank you!! and, are you single? just kidding. not really. a sense of humor is gold, and American girls love that accent.
Haha thanks, you've noooo idea how strange it is seeing a girls name appear in a comment here, my stats show that 95% of the audience is male so it's literally a sausage fest up in here, you're a rare special snowflake around here!
Thanks!
Bravo
Fuckin genius, Perfect explained, Well done Neil.
Watching this was out homework lol
Interesante
great job mate , her in Ukraine we need it so hardly ,
Neil i can always count on you. super boring, super important. Thanks
This is not too useful as it is based on Inventor 2016 and I am using Inventor 2023 which is quite different GUI☹
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It so funny how you do NOT really want to do this video again. It is exactly how I feel NOT clean my room ever!!!!
Thanks for the info, what a pain in the ass.
Seriously man, you've got to stop talking like that on your introductions, it's getting really annoying! Ha ha
+6969SpAcE6969 Talking like what?