Autodesk Inventor

[#1]

Is there actually a good reason why dimensions in IV are vectorless? If not, can we consider as a feature request? This gives me constant headaches in Inventor with my sketches and mates solving in unpredictable ways. I know I can use work planes as a work around, but it's a huge PITA.

Example (and motivation for this post):

[#2]

For what it's worth, the images you embedded don't display in my browser (IE7). Perhaps you could attach them as files.

[#3]

They're just images of models that have blown themselves apart because a dimension decided it should change direction randomly. I'm sure you're familiar.