I've just gotten back to using Inventor 2011 for modeling some parts and assemblies, and I've run into a rather annoying problem.

I like to orient all of my part such that the front of the part is on the front view plane (set to xy (+z)).

When I insert the part into an assembly the part remains in the same orientation by the coordinate system, but the front view (in the assembly) is no longer in the XY plan.

I would like to change it such that the front view is in the XY plane in my assemblies as well as my parts so orienting parts can be done more easily.  BTW, I tried to right click the cube in my assembly and change the front view, but it doesn't seem to do anything.