I have a part I am trying add a threaded hole to. The option for threaded holes is unselectable. I tried editing the registry as past posts have said, but the "parts" folder doesnt show up in the registry. I have been through every folder in the registry and dont see anything that has to do with threaded holes. Not sure what else to do.
Running Inventor Pro 2012 on Windows XP.
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Is Microsoft Excel loaded on your machine and has it been used/started?
Microsoft excel is loaded and has been used. I use it daily. The excel sheet for the threads is in the right place but inventor doesnt seem to be able to load the datasheet.
Let me guess.... you are using Excel 2007.
In Excel, open the Threads.xls, then save it. (Do the same for Clearance.xls.)
Launch Inventor and see if it now works.
This solved the same issue for one of my customers last week.
Thank you, it worked. All functions now work as they should. I am new to Inventor and glad theres a large community to fall back on for help.
Looks like it only worked once. Worked for the part I was trying to do but now it's back to not working again. I re-saved it and it worked once but now it's doing the same thing it was doing.
Can you try the instructions in this document?
http://forums.autodesk.com/autodesk/attachments/autodesk/78/372995/1/TapHole_excel.doc
It was written for an earlier version of Inventor, so you would need to look for the right registry key for your version of Inventor.
To Add....
The registry version for 2011 is 15, 2012 is 16.
@udayag wrote:
Can you try the instructions in this document?
http://forums.autodesk.com/autodesk/attachments/autodesk/78/372995/1/TapHole_excel.doc
It was written for an earlier version of Inventor, so you would need to look for the right registry key for your version of Inventor.
That was the first thing I had tried. I went through the registry but there is no folder named "part". I searched the registry and there is no entry for the thread excel sheets. I have been through every single folder in the registry and can't find anything that has to do with the threads.
You are right. It has been moved to a new registry location (for Inventor 2011):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\Inventor\RegistryVersion 15.0\System\Preference\Part
Sorry, there was a typo:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\Inventor\RegistryVersion 15.0\System\Preferences\Part
I understand this is for Inventor 2011. But I am using Inventor 2012 and in the registry the file named "Part" does not exist. Thus there is no registry key labeled "UseExcelToReadThreadFile" for me to edit. If all the registry files for Inventor 2012 should be the same as Inventor 2011 then I am missing about 10 of them.
I may have to reinstall it then. Not sure what happened during the install. I have to wait for the admin to come back from vacation before I can perform an uninstall/reinstall. It seems that the fix is changing the registry value. I will update on teh outcome when I am able to reinstall it.
If you are reasonably comfortable editing the registry you could try the following:
1. add (RMB and select New) a key called "Part" under "Preferences"
2. add (New) a DWORD (32 bit) called "UseExcelToReadThreadFile" with a decimal value of 1.
I have it in the same localtion in XP Pro for 2012 under CURRENT_USER
By chance are you looking in LOCAL_MACHINE instead?
I went through every File in the registry and it wasn't in any of them. Pretty sure Inventor did not download correctly. I added the registry key for the threads option and I am able to use the thread option now. We'll see how far that gets me since I am missing a bunch of other registry files. Ill likely have to do a reinstall to get them all.
If it's the first run of Inventor with current user account, the full registry (HKCU\Software\Autodesk\Inventor\RegistryVersion16.0) should be finished after closing Inventor. I tried wtih a new standard user account, ...\Preferences\Part key appears after closing Inventor.
Using the regedit did work for me, however, I could not have Inventor open while I edited the registry. As soon as I closed it, it went back to value of 0. So I closed Inventor, edited value to 1, reopened Inventor... and success.
Thanks for the help!
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