Autodesk Inventor 2016 – Creating a Custom Appearance Library

By Gus Petrikas

Having a separate, custom appearance library in Autodesk Inventor can be very useful, especially when you are working on multiple computers that are not connected to a network, when you need to share the libraries within the network or simply when you want to keep things in Inventor nice and tidy.

Here is a quick tutorial on how to create a custom material library:

• Open the Appearance Browser.
• Click on the Folder with a spanner icon to drop down the menu.
• Create New Library.

• Name your new Appearance Library and select a location for it.

• Now all you need to do is create a material and place it in the library.
• Click on the sphere with a plus sign.
• Select the type of material you want to create.

• Name your material, adjust settings and hit OK.

• Find your new material in the Document Appearances
• Drag-and-drop it into your new material library.

That’s about it. You can copy the .adsklib and share it with your colleagues, friends or the internet.