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2018 - Factory Design - Factory Properties - parameter names need more space

RGrootQD — Tue, 01 May 2018 14:43:43 GMT

Hello there,

I am working in Inventor Pro 2018 Factory Design.

In the Factory Properties I want to make more space to see the parameter names.

This works until I update the model, after which it jumps back to the old position.

Does anyone know if there is a way to let the Factory Properties remember the position of the parameter names space?

move the bar

Re: 2018 - Factory Design - Factory Properties - parameter names need more space

olegd.prod — Tue, 01 May 2018 15:58:40 GMT

Hi there,

unfortunately there is no such functionality today 😞

A question: would you want it to maintain a specific width that you set manually, or would it be sufficient if it auto-fit to the text being shown?

Oleg

Re: 2018 - Factory Design - Factory Properties - parameter names need more space

RGrootQD — Wed, 02 May 2018 06:21:59 GMT

Hi Oleg,

first of all, thank you for your quick reply.

Both would work for me. In Inventor 2016 it was possible to set the width manually. Simply by clicking and dragging the bar. Currently we still use Inventor 2016, but I have to test Inventor 2018 in order to switch to the newer version all together. This is the only thing I dislike about 2018 (so far).

Rob

Re: 2018 - Factory Design - Factory Properties - parameter names need more space

liqinomickey — Wed, 02 May 2018 08:48:41 GMT

Sorry for the experience. But there is something new in 2018.1, which, by the way, have you updated to? Check this out:

https://help.autodesk.com/view/FDU/2018/ENU/?guid=GUID-66F2F6DF-7E3B-41CC-AB8D-8A9EF293BBE3

Now user are able to define names for the parameters, which are goint to be displayed in the factory properties palette. And a tooltip will appear to show more information if you hover the name for some while to give user better understanding of what this parameter is about. And it won't mess with the defination in Inventor parameters.

Re: 2018 - Factory Design - Factory Properties - parameter names need more space

olegd.prod — Wed, 02 May 2018 12:52:34 GMT

Thanks for the feedback!