It's been a while since I have done one of these posts. But I came across this tip and it was one of those "I heard it from a guy who heard it from a guy, who heard from a guy that did it". This tip showed up first on another blog, then in the AUGI forums, and now I'm gonna be that guy that perpetuates it.
This one is about the annoyance of the Slice Graphics (F7) tool in the Part mode of Inventor. When you are working inside a part and want do some modeling on a plane inside the geometry the Slice Graphics tool will allow you to chop away one side of the plane based on which side you are currently viewing the plane.
Simply right click in canvas and select Slice Graphics or hit the F7 button on the keyboard.
The annoyance here is that the material looks like concrete. I know this isn't a HUGE deal, but that is what customization is all about, making it look the way you want.
So here is how to chagne it...
Close Inventor and start the registy editor.
In the Registry Editor dialog, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\Inventor\RegistryVersion(current release number)\System\Preferences\ColorSchemes\Schemes
NOTE: Inventor 2011 is version 15
Expand the “Schemes” folder & click folder of the color scheme number where you want to change the texture. Here is the mapping between color scheme number and name:
Num Name
(1) Deep Blue
(3) Forest
(4) High Contrast
(5) Millennium
(7) Presentation
(9) Sky
(10) Winter Day
(11) Winter Night
(12) Wonderland
On a blank area of the right pane of the regedit dialog, right-click > New > String Value. Rename “New Value #1″ to SliceCapTexturePath. The name must be entered exactly — registry variables are case sensitive.
Double-click the name, and the Edit String dialog will pop up. Enter either an absolute path in the Value data field or a dash ( – ). Absolute path example: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Inventor 2011\Textures\surfaces\yourimage.bmp. Consider saving this with items you update from year to year like textures or other style data. Here is the sample I used:
Close the registry key and the Registry editor. Start Inventor and load the correct color scheme to give it a try with Slice Graphics.
NOTE: This must be done for each color scheme in the registry that you want to change.
Here’s how Inventor determines how to display sliced graphics. Thanks to Paul Hanau (Inventor developer). If SliceCapTexturePath is absent, you get the default texture of the concrete look.
If string value is “” (empty) --> you get the default texture
If string value is “-“ (dash) --> you get no texture at all on cut faces.
Otherwise, Inventor tries to load the .bmp file with the given absolute path and uses it as the cut face texture.
Remember, changing the registy is done at your own risk and is this is undocumented by Autodesk and also unsupported. Change registry values at your own risk and maybe even make a backup before you even go in there.
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