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One of the questions I have commonly run accross is "What is that image in the Chrome Reflection?". In Autodesk Inventor versions prior to the upcoming Inventor 2009 this was hard coded into the software and any change to the default "parking lot" reflection could only be changed with a registry hack. This reflection can now be changed on the "Colors" tab in the Application options. The included images are just a sample of the new available reflections in Inventor 2009.
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Great Stuff!!
Thanks
Abhishek
www.pinnaclecad.com
Actually by taking your own .bmp file and nenaming it to the ParkingLot.dds file, you can change the reflecting that way. Unless this is what you were referring to as being "hacked"?