Is it possible to change the way that the length of curved frame generator members are measured?
Currently, it seems the length is measured on the centerline of the steel. In a fabrication shop, this is not a practical way to measure these members. For example, on a wide flange beam, rolled the easy way (like this), our shop would measure the length along the web of the beam, rather than the centerline. As a result on some curved steel shapes (HSS for example), the G_L parameter that Inventor generates can be off by quite a bit.
Our work-around has been to add a sketch to the frame generator part, and use a driven arc dimension that replaces the G_L parameter to pull the cut length for our parts list/BOM.
It would be great if this could be addressed in a future upgrade.
Thanks, Dan.