UI Technology Preview for Autodesk Inventor 2009
Brand new look and feel for Inventor 2009!
The UI Technology Preview showcases the latest user interface design concepts for Autodesk Inventor 2009 specifically focused at enhancing the user experience. Along with presenting a fresh, modern look and feel to Inventor® 2009, the primary goals of these enhancements are improving usability and learnability for new users and realizing productivity gains for existing users.
The UI Technology Preview on Autodesk Labs affords us an excellent opportunity to gather valuable user feedback on these design concepts to help us meet our goals.
Some highlights of the UI Technology Preview for Inventor 2009:
- Ribbon style logical grouping of commands - The UI Technology Preview incorporates a ribbon-style layout for accessing familiar Inventor 2009 commands
- Quick Access Toolbar for frequently used commands - The UI Technology Preview allows users to put commonly used commands on a Quick Access Toolbar available at all times
- Progressive tooltips for greater learnability - Hovering over commands opens progressive tooltips; first level describes the command and second level includes an illustrative explanation
- Tabs to quickly switch active documents - The UI Technology Preview offers document tabs with rich previews that allow users to quickly identify and switch between various open documents
Fast facts about UI Technology Preview for Inventor 2009:
- Inventor 2009 required for UI Technology Preview - The UI Technology Preview requires an existing installation of Inventor 2009 (Suite, Simulation Suite, Routed Systems Suite or Professional)
- Inventor 2009 standard UI and the UI Technology Preview work in parallel - The UI Technology Preview installs in a way that users can use both interfaces in parallel if they prefer
- No impact on existing installation of Inventor 2009 - The UI Technology Preview can be installed and uninstalled without any impact on the existing installation of Inventor 2009
- No migration impact on Inventor 2009 files - Files can be created, opened and modified in either Inventor 2009 or the Technology Preview with no need for file migration at any time
- English only but installs with all languages - The UI Technology Preview is currently available in English only but will install with all language versions of Inventor 2009
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