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Latest Updates | New Knowledge Network Articles | Inventor

Azmeera.M — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 06:16:07 GMT

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Re: Latest Updates | New Knowledge Network Articles | Inventor

Azmeera.M — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 06:13:11 GMT

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January 2016

After exit-restart of Inventor 2016 ungrouping place icon does not look that same

After forcing Excel to only save only to the XLSX file format Inventor cannot use Excel to modify i....

After upgrading Inventor from 2015 to 2016 my assemblies need to resolve to the existing content cen...

Can the total number of parts be calculated in a top level assembly?

Cannot modify a column in a corrupted CC library

Changing Design View in Level of Detail can cause out-of-sync Design View

Changing Tap Drill size in thread.xls causes Taper Angle to be flat

ESKD Placed Technical Specifications are not saved to the Templates.

Changing the state of sub part of a released assembly results in ‘Not the expected Revision’ icon

Custom font not exported correctly on DWF PDF

Export to AutoCAD DWG from Inventor - dimension value is wrong

Exported Inventor drawings have file extensions as .idw.dwg or .dwg.dwg

Get Answers on Inventor Answer Day - January 27, 2015

Factory: Publish an Asset fails with AssetModelFileName error

Font changes when editing a text created with Korean fonts

How to move a hole table datum to the center of a hole

How to Re-Order your BOM, so Balloons are in order.

Incorrect bend direction annotation

Extrusion and Revolve functions go to non responding when sketch uses Project Cut Edges

Weld imagery bleed out to Part faces in derived part.

Inventor 2016 Application Options-Display-%Opaque does not seem to make a difference

Inventor 2016 Bolted Connection is slower compared with 2015

Inventor Style Library conflict error received it a layer is set to be off and saved to the style li...

Inventor table formatting breaks on re-sizing.

Contact solver will not work on assembly files

Counter-bore symbol in IDW and its giving text not symbol

Is it possible to create a new Autodesk Vault browser in Autodesk Inventor?

Inventor 2016 R2/R3: Force effect dimension are not transferred exactly to a part file

Bewel Gear Generator does not take care of correct tooth position when using reference par...

Face Draft not selectable for Pattern in derived workflows

iAssemblies - Export BOM using VBA or iLogic Rule does not retrieve the correct quantity

Orientation of oblique dimension terminator flipped on some dimensions

Published family not shown in Vault Content Center library

Trying to use a custom Font in a drawing and degree symbol is coming up as a square in dim...

Migrated Inventor 2016 views are missing information when converted to DWF.

Inventor 2016 will not export views with breaks to DXF

Inventor crash when editing Family Properties of DIN-10305-1

Graphical glitches with Express Mode and placed parts - Silhouette curve

Inventor drawing with custom base view orientation is preventing dimensioning sketched objects in vi...

Mechanical Desktop to Inventor conversion of files

Mechanical Export Options not available

Missing functionality with Balloons and Leaders in Inventor 2016

Not possible to create Material “OSD” in French Inventor.

ON / OFF layer status in Inventor style library

Rename an Inventor material from the localized name to the english one

Trying to export an AutoCAD Mechanical drawing into an Inventor Assembly

Section dimensions become detached in IDW after part editing

Some part becomes a separate solid when exporting a derived substitute part to a STEP file

Sub Assembly Weldment assembly is set to wrong material

Use Task Scheduler to check files for failures

View Representations are not able to be set with subs at the top level assembly

Why the Inventor Offline help is pointing to online tutorials?

XZ Plane had wrong normal direction

February 2016

A large number of files and folders in the ‘proteinrun’ folder are filling up disk space

Appearances override and Representation views

Assembly gets very slow when copy/past subassembly

BOM incorrectly shows pattern components that are suppressed in an assembly

Cannot Edit Offset For Workplane Created From Cloud Plane

Cannot retrieve the drawing from an ipt

Cannot use the name Standard for a Custom iProperty to be used in a standard property call out

Corrupt import file dialog box in Inventor Publisher 2013

Custom Properties formatted as NUMBER export as TEXT to Excel

Drag sketch object, Inventor will crash

DWG drawings exported from Inventor are not printed in black

Exported DWF file from Inventor increases in size over time

Feature Control Frame does not move with Diameter dimension

Frame generator beam reverts back to its original position

Fully constrained sketches are not stable

How to access Inventor’s Body Repair Utility

How to break multiple links in a mirrored assembly to a source assembly simultaneously

How to change a precision of Tube & Pipe segment length in Parts List

How to dimension a sketch symbol

How to use precise input for a move in a sketch

IDW or DWG copying information from one template to existing template or files

Importing AutoCAD files creates numerous entities in Inventor.

Inventor 2015 sheet metal CUT cut-normal causes the RIP to reflect the flat pattern gap and not a RI...

Inventor 2016 allows multiple users to edit the same network file at the same time with no notificat...

Inventor 2016 API: Event OnOpenDocument and OnCloseDocument is fired when checking in LOD with Vault...

Inventor 2016 will not allow a section view crosshatch to be as material

Inventor 2016: Appearance with texture and cutout looks different in 2016

Inventor 2016: Bolted Connection dialog doesn’t remember the last settings of user

Inventor 2016's BIM connectors will sometime fail to export to RFA

Inventor Assembly feature / pos rep combo keeps dirtying file.

Inventor BOM does not show correct length of custom frame members.

Inventor crashed when working with Autodesk Vault Data Standard

Inventor export simple file to step format and hang

Inventor LT 2016 incorrectly says it is already installed

Inventor Presentation: All invisible trails become visible after editing tweak

Inventor to 3DS Max Suite Workflow provides poor predictability for appearances between instances of...

Inventor very slow while inserting an icopy assembly

Inventor: Derived work feature still available and cannot be deleted

Inventor: How to add tolerances for X and Y dimensions in hole table

Inventor: Startup error in ‘Undo’ folder

Inventor: VBA window is empty

Onboarding tutorial videos play with no audio in Inventor 2015

Section view line type does not update

Step file comes in to Inventor with matted color

Structure drop down in Import options grayed out

Template file needs migration when creating a ADSK file from BIM Exchange

Text boundary cuts off leader arrow when crossed.

Thread representation not displayed in assembly drawing view

Unable to perform a Draft on a part face

Unable to purge a custom style

Update Substitute of complex assembly not possible

Version 2016 fails to open Catia V5 .CATPart or .CATProduct files

Visible part elements on a idw when the part visibility if off

Wrong section view when thread is activated

Wrong thread size pre-selected when using pipe threads

March 2016

A gap between a text and a leader line is not changed by Dimension Style > Display > C: Gap

Adjusting the width of commands on Quick Access Toolbar

After placing part in an assembly it only accept one constraint and will not move

COG displaying in the part or assembly how can it be turned off

Connected Design does not load properly - Error 404 or 403 is shown

Contact set not honored correctly

Crash when using or updating 3D-Sketch

Current model view is not available when placing a base view in Inventor 2016

Determining how many files are in your assembly

Error Sort Failed when using Alpha Sort Component

Export embedded Excel chart to PDF does not work correctly

Export Errors to Excel in Task Scheduler creates many empty tables when using non-ENU language

Exporting an idw in pdf can generate very thick lines

Extra ghost lines gets printed out from Design Review on Inventor DWFs

Fade objects leave trace / afterimage / ghost image while rendering in Inventor Studio environment

‘Failed to acquire a license’ during login of Content Center in Inventor

Flexible hose doesn’t update to changes made with handles in hose run in Inventor

How to break the link between base and projected view

How to create a Key Connection using Design Accelerator

How to link a parameter from a part to an assembly document in Inventor

How to share Parameters between assemblies and parts

IDW view does not have the same colors as the IPN file for parts

Inventor 2015 and 2016 hole note for a iFeature of a hole will not provide option for Tap Drill

Inventor 2016 hole note text size overrides are not overwritten by a style change

Inventor 2016 overlapping iFeature causes flat pattern creation failure

Inventor Crashing - Graphics related issue

Inventor drawing opened in AutoCAD is cropped in one view

Inventor drawing browser name cannot set back the file name automatically

Inventor flexible sub-assembly components will not import into 3DS Max

Inventor Huge file size cuased by FEA error

Inventor Mold: Core Cavitiy failed error message

Issue mirroring assembly files in Inventor

Layers of PDF don’t match Layers in Inventor idw/dwg in Inventor

Mapping Part Density to Top Level AssemblyBOM

Moving Inventor appearance and material libraries to a common location

Multi body sheet metal parts, no punch sketches on flat pattern

No Modified flag in Inventor

Parts List row height does not automatically wrap to the text

Preview is not shown while placing a drawing view in Inventor 2016

Resulting face edge no longer parallel to origin plane after applying fillet

Rounding parameter forces save dialog

Save and Replace Component does not update instance name

Sheet metal cut sequence affects corner round results

Sub Assembly or Part in BOM shows up as Phantom

Surface symbol in template not visible when saved as template in Inventor

Sweep result not correct, the surface display in wrong way

The check box can be selected in a wild area in drawing view dialog box

The requested file was missing from the filestore

There is an error in XML document (0, 0)

Thicken surface feature is automatically suppressed in Inventor

Unable to create /save iLogic code for external rule

Work Features are grayed out in Base Solid Edit environment

April 2016

A circular hidden line shows up for a revolution cut

A cut in the bend of a sheet metal file causes the bend note to not give the correct information

AFBMA thread data missing from lock nuts
API Object Model reference document
Assembly explodes when switching to simulation environment
Bend notes wrong after doing a replace model reference
Cannot edit AutoCAD DWG embedded in Inventor IDW file
Cannot edit using icopy error: Geometry missing
Chamfer on side of a round part not correct
Color Scheme does not contain any entries
Content Center parts in different languages
Copied explosion does not reflect a name change in Inventor 2016 Presentation environment

After changing to newer release Inventor does not find some references anymore
Batch print from Vault fails with an error about ‘Inventor.ApprenticeServer’

Animation breaks in the middle without any errors in Inventor Studio
Autodesk Inventor Publisher discontinued
Get Up to Speed: Autodesk Inventor 2017

Autodesk Inventor dirty flag is active by released file

Autodesk Vault write not back the item properties into file property

CAMs rotary setting will not save
Change thread depth updates hole depth automatically
Content Center: Delete Material Alias

Cannot extrude (cut) some sketch entities (circles)

Cannot open drawing from Inventor 2012 - No more memory is available
Capabilities of Inventor Pro vs Simulation Mechanical and In-CAD
Center Marks get separated in an exported AutoCAD DWG

Commands missing from the Inventor ribbon

Construction geometry in sketches not exported to STEP

Developing IPart for multiple version of part file
Getting errors when trying to perform a rip on sheet metal file
Hole quantity doesn’t work on mirrored part

Dimensions messed up while exporting an idw to dwg

Features fail when modeled faces or surfaces are modified that the feature is built off of

File locked when synchronize properties about Autodesk Job Processor
Flat pattern error: Two plates are interfering
How do you adjust the zoom factor of the home view.
How to apply different tolerance values for different instances of the Ipart

Freezes when checking in part with dual monitors being used

Hole patching seems to ignore some holes

How to change the appearance of a machined hole in an Inventor weldment
Inventor will not refold a sheet metal part correctly
Copying a Design Accelerator component will not allow the copied componentit to be edited in Design ...
Level of detail error stating it cannot be saved because another Level of Detail is being edited
Trying to display the IPart Part Number when version is switched
Trying to use ICopy in an IAssembly
Wanting to set the DXF file output options to an older DXF file format
Saving in Inventor needs too long when connected to Vault

How to Re-Regestring Inventor

How to set the precision of mass in iProperties to zero decimal places in Inventor
Inventor 2017 fails to create a 3D PDF for some assemblies and weldments
Inventor Decal Wrap only goes half way around non-uniform cylindrical surface
Inventor drawing’s Bend Note for a Flat Pattern Bend line is not showing correct information for the...
Inventor will allow you to create a Custom Content Center Folder but you can copy of a move parts to...
Missing fonts prevent inserting or editing drawing resources

Import SolidWorks Standard parts not working

In cable and harness all the red wires are white
Inventor 2014, Non-Unique Project File Names dialog problem
Inventor 2017 authoring a structural shape fails to allow user to select a notch profile
Inventor crashes immediately on the automatic ballooning
Inventor missing material when importing NX files.
Inventor rotational joints not appearing in the Studio environment
Inventor SDK 2014 developer tools installation failed
Length property added in Content Center doesn’t appear in BOM
Lighting changes for detail view in idw/dwg
Material properties do not correctly transfer from Inventor
Missing edges in an exported PDF/DWF from an idw
Moving files within a project file and avoiding the resolved links
Retrieved dimension of Emboss feature on the wrong side

Infinite boundary text box in an IDW

Inventor 2017 viewcube disappear issue

Inventor 2017: Background fill in text box is between view and dimension
Inventor 2017: Strange triangles when printing text box with background fill
Inventor 2017: Text not visible in PDF when exporting text box with background fill
Inventor Content center components listing BOM Sturcture as normal in place of purchased.
Inventor, Can not check in Inventor assembly to Vault
Inventor, setting tube and pipe run horizontal and vertical with one command.
Pack & Go not picking up associated files.
Properties lost when create new property in balloon style
Sketch block does alsways show two degrees of freedom
Speed up the loading of hardware in the Bolted Connection
Trouble with Bolted Connection not populating
When changing hole diameter hole depth is adjusted automatically by Inventor

Inventor could not update some parts’ mass

Inventor Decals are not showing up on Derived parts or iPart children

Inventor Error “Database schema for file is…”

Large gap between surfaces of imported wire file

Multi Body Sheet metal files being exported does not give correct results for Flat pattern extents c...

Offset fillet options giving different arc lengths

Opening or creating files causes Inventor to crash
V-Belt Component Generator Calculations
Viewreps in Inventor 2016 messed up.
When performing Tweak Component in Inventor 2015, a previous trail is modified if the same direction...
Where can I control my specular reflections in shaded drawing views in Inventor

PDF Export, wrong font orientation
Select feature of pattern in folded / refolded sheet metal is wrong

Revision symbol without leader does not brake dimension correctly

Serious Error referencing Protein and assetlibrarymanager.cpp
Shape generator starts to calculate then disappears
Trimming sketched arcs creates multiple fixed constraints
Use of iLogic causes work plane to appear when turned off

Stripes instead of point cloud

Trying to put an image on a face of a model

Update all sheets doesn’t not have any effect

Wrong orientation of nut and washer with Bolted Connection

May 2016

Ability to have the BOM be controlled by LODs

A triangle shaped sheet metal part with a flange will not allow Inventor 2017 to create a flat patte...

After Slice graphics (F7) in assembly environment active part vanishes

A part created from a derived sketch in Inventor 2017 do not update properly after the source sketch...

After splitting hole table and editing text changes values in Inventor 2016

Cannot constraint in assembly to faces which are result of “Cut across bend” feature

Can Inventor CROP a perspective drawing view

Can’t export face from flat pattern of sheet metal iPart child

Context Menus can the display of it be enlarged

Clean Uninstall of Inventor 2017

Cursor snaps to the Select Other Area

Dimension extension setting also affects intersection extension line

Disable My Home screen on creation of deployment

Contour Roll Flat Pattern Extents increases when Width value is changed

DWF publishing fails on Job Processor with Unknown error during publish

Does saving an Inventor DWG or IDW as Acad DWG allow for the updating between the programs

Error - Unable to import data file, check data structure on adding new user disc cam motion

Error: “Wrap to surface can only create projections on developable faces”

Error of a framegenerator element after rebuild all

Excel opens every time an Excel call is made by an iPart or iAssembly

Frequently Asked Questions about running Inventor in a Virtual Environment, Citrix or VMware

Holes disappearing on changing feature position in the browser

Hole pattern centerline alignment not uniform Dragging a drawing view causes Inventor crash

Horizontal and vertical snaps do not work with Feature Control Frame

How to control Hole size selection in Bolted Connection

How to disable Inventor’s My Home from opening when you start Inventor

How to fill a void

How to make dimension texts look bigger in Inventor sketch environment

How to map an Autodesk Inventor custom property in Autodesk Vault

IDW DWG Missing parts in detailed view

IDW dimension with tolerance is not updated correctly

IGES Format 144 is not precise enough

Import STEP file ends in error message “Error reading RSe-Stream”

Inventor 2014 - 2017 ANSI Unified Screw Thread 1 ¼-20 UN Tap drill size is wrong

Inventor 2016 templates with tables have issues positioning the revision tables when used as a 2017 ...

Inventor 2016 and 2017 the sketch Project Flat Pattern may fail to provide a fully constrained sketc...

Inventor 2016: Performance in Citrix Inventor 2017: ANSI default drawing templates do not have any default text heights defined

Inventor 2017: is not creating correct ft in alternate dimension for a mm DWG with the foot and inch...

Inventor 2017 will exit when you have a flange that is flush against another flange

Inventor 2017's Zoom All for drawing with size of the geometries extending the sheet doesn’t show as...

Inventor 2017 editing nailboard sketch is no longer an option after you select finish in cable & har...

Inventor 2017 Learning Path - Videos in lesson steps unable to run

Inventor 2017: Export to 3D PDF of some assemblies not possible

Inventor cache files are too big

Inventor drawing views are not representing sub-assembly appearance properties correctly - white not...

Inventor is crashing to CER when trying to open files that have been checked out or from a get from ...

Inventor support for display with 4K resolution

Inventor sheet metal DXF file with polyline creates issues with plasma cutter.

IProperties contextual menu does not appear on right click on the file

My home tab creates Mouse lag in Inventor 2017

Pack & Go does not honor option “Skip libraries”

Project curve to surface creates bad result

Save copy as DXF - Missing lines on DXF Output

Scene image is moving up and down in the animation

Setting a Parts List current for Inventor IDW or DWG

Shaded with Edges are lost when zooming in and out

Shaded view loses colors when enable option “Defer updates”

Sketch symbols with an all-around or circle at the insertion point clips leader line.

Strange dependency in Content Center Family DIN 7349

Stress Analysis crashes while editing contacts in Inventor

Style Manager seems to hang or crashes when picking or changing object defaults

Surface Covering symbol is removed when model geometry is changed

Switching part visibility with FEA results displayed uses all available RAM

The derive node in the browser doesn’t change after resolving to another part

The Text direction did not comply with Chinese GB Standard

UCS Pick in Assemble

Unable to use Sculpt tool in Inventor 2017

View representation is not maintained when an assembly is placed in a sub-assembly and then the sub-...

When creating a Section View Inventor seems to select “Projected” or “Aligned” method randomly

Where are Inventor Factory User Assets saved

Where to find information about import export formats capacity of Inventor

Which standards are included in Content Center library

Work Point created by Loop Select does not match the centroid

Wrong dimension value from a point and a projection in a derived part

Re: Latest Updates | New Knowledge Network Articles | Inventor

Azmeera.M — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 06:14:21 GMT

ARCHIVE

June 2016

Alias to Inventor: issue adding thickness to surface model.

Appearance icons in QAM disappear after selecting them.

Assembly visibility status not matching with drawing view

Autodesk Storm and Sanitary Analysis 2017 – Error 1722

Bug 139014: Installing Inventor 2016 R2 and SP2 resets Vault options

Cannot do a copy design on a nail board file.

Center of Gravity not correctly shown when flexible assemblies used.

Click-action (release button) to edit dimension adds characters from dimension dialog

Clicking [X] while ray tracing is in progress will lock up Inventor

Constraint error when snapping to 2 closely created geometries

Custom content center library, not recognizing G_D value in some columns

Date in Inventor property is changing to first January 1601 or 30.12.1899

DWFx from 2017 IPN (Presentation file) is unusable in Design review 2013 for animations

DXF files are being saved as ZIP files

Error: Inventor server cannot be loaded

Export IDW to AutoCAD DWG, some prompted entry missing.

Family messed up after copied and modified the name

File name is truncated after the last dot when saving a flat pattern as a DXF drawing

Frame Analysis section geometry is not changed on changing the size

Frame generator issues while changing element

German: Cannot find command “Verbindung” (Joint) in keyboard shortcuts and 3Dconnexion menu in German UI

How to add your length to a Part Number for a structural part to work with Frame Generator

How to check for cloud credit usage in Autodesk Account

How to navigate to the managed devices in Autodesk Account

How to turn off visibility of component pattern in drawing views

Importing AutoCAD Solids to Inventor

Including a work axis in a Sheet Metal Punch iFeature

Inventor 2015-2017 ANSI C Channel Profiles and Mass appear to be wrong

Inventor 2016 & 2017 don’t abide by the prompts option of don’t show pre-existing design doctor prob...

Inventor 2016 and 2017 Derive part from Vault will not show you both IAM and IPT files in the open d...

Inventor 2017 Available Tutorials is empty

Inventor 2017 crashes when opening a part created in Inventor 2013

Inventor 2017 open ipn(ConvertFrom2015) will crash

Inventor 2017 operates very slowly with a number of “AcWebBrowser.exe” processes running

Inventor 2017 presentation file changes not updating in drawing.

Inventor 2017 the hole dialog box threaded through all hole depth seems to be tied the hole width

Inventor 2017 with language pack exports to 3D PDF without color.

Inventor 2017 Application Options View Cube settings are not saved

Inventor 2017 RFA Export previews as a black blob in Revit 2017

Inventor Area command with dual unit function gives inconsistent values using accumulate option.

Inventor changes column width on rows marked invisible.

Inventor crashes opening Inventor 2013 files

Inventor expanding and compressing the BOM affects parts list visialbity

Inventor frame analysis - Instability of type 3 error

Inventor presentation has bad performance with updated 2015 SP1 presentation data.

Inventor Ribbon is still in English when using non-English language packs or non-English release

Inventor Sketch name are blank, and modify it will crash Inventor.

Inventor View is not showing the current part number of a copy designed drawing file

Inventor will break link of reference model after Create Flat Pattern.

Inventor, Relocation of Content Center Files

Inventor: SKD revision cloud causes Inventor 2017 to halt

Inventor: Sketched concentric circles doesn’t allow for lines to be drawn at center and connect to e...

Issue opening presentation files in Inventor 2017.

Mesh failed in a simulation in specified model

Mismatch between part front view and drawing front view

Need to have different printer/plotter configuration

Numbered texts will lose the sequence and reset to ‘1’ when Shift + Enter is used

Parts before Inventor 2011 don’t have correct flat patterns.

Performance degradation due to mesh data in file imported from Inventor 2016

Point Center placed on a project cut edges center point will not update correctly

Project file has red for Inventor material library

Re-order sketch blocks in browser

Revision block moves when saved as template.

Revision table wrong width (preview is ok)

Ribbon menu is twitching and Inventor is not launched

Saving an Autodesk Inventor document with Autodesk Data Standard removes IProperty expressions

Section gets corrupted when including again a sculpt feature

Segmented polyline while importing it from an Iges file into Inventor

Table outlines don’t appear in PDF’s

The folder names from the Content Center files are sometimes in uppercase, sometimes in case sensiti...

Trimmed lines of ellipse appear on published DWF and PDF

Trouble creating IFeature reference point for insertion

Unable to create 3D PDF for several assemblies

Unable to create a surface and an axis tangent to an existing surface through a point

Unable to select a geometry when measuring

Unknown Error during Change Reuse

Unresolved link in Assembly file where part is not shown in the Assembly Browser

Updating ESKD Title Block in Inventor 2017 will shift existing texts

When open large Autodesk Inventor assemblies with Autodesk Design Review 2013, the Autodesk Report a...

When saving an Inventor assembly some subcomponents become dirty

Re: Latest Updates | New Knowledge Network Articles | Inventor

Azmeera.M — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 04:45:31 GMT

ARCHIVE

July 2016

“Error loading segment PmBrepSegment in datatbase” when opening a file.

3D PDF is not generated when the browser tree contains broken characters

3D sketch work point would be created incorrect location

After updating drawing view of an old assembly some views are moved

An arc is not displayed in an exported flat pattern DWG file

Assets are snapped when doing a synchronization from AutoCAD to Inventor

Bend lines not showing in drawing view of a flat pattern

Bend lines not visible on a migrated 2011 sheet metal model

Cannot delete some pipes in Tube and Pipe run

Cannot derive an assembly

Cannot get same rendering output of the 2015

Check In Error: “Your files could not be added to the vault for the following reasons:”

Chinese: In Chinese OS, Inventor 2017 open some step file will lose some parts.

Corner seam is created with a warning: Problems occurred while building this FlatPattern

Date format switching when synchronizing properties with Inventor

Different hole descriptions for one hole when using a multibody

Dimensions are removed when you replace model reference

Disable triggered external iLogic rule completely

Documentation to install and run Autodesk Inventor on a Citrix environment

Drawing import or export from or to AutoCAD DWG does not work on Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 (DWGOUT)

DWG drawing template with multipule sheet prevents export of idc files

Dynamic Simulation Output Grapher: Equation for user variables would be always same.

English version of Inventor cannot read thread.xls and clearance.xls files shared by German version

Error “Could not set Inventor project file” in Vault

Error “Not enough constraints” in FEA

Error AmDcSegment is shown after saving files on NAS using SMB protocol

Excluding parts in browser not affecting BOM

Exported ADSK flie is shown as Generic Model when opened in Revit

General tips for working with flexible assemblies

Generating drawing views automatically set general dimension type to true

GOST bolts not reacting to insert iMate like other standard bolts.

How to attach a balloon on the detail view boundary

How to delete unresolved references from FEA analysis

Importing Creo 2.0 Family Table files into Inventor 2016

Inconsistent OLE Link warning when opening a particular file

Inventor 2015 - 2017 Drawing Section View for non participant parts is wrong

Inventor 2016: Hidden line calculation not correct

Inventor 2016: SaveAs PDF of a perspective drawing view is not correct

Inventor 2017 locks up when trying to apply a fillet weld

Inventor 2017 permission access errors when trying to access the top results from a InfoCneter searc...

Inventor 2017 shaded drawing views are coming in too dark

Inventor 2017 Zoom, Pam, Rotate is laggy when Vault addin and My Home are both active

Inventor 2017: FEA color bar is flickering while rotating model

Inventor Feature recognition tool blocked

Inventor save and export formats

Inventor/Vault, Renaming file doesn’t change part number

IPT file with Decal does not expert Decal what save to Acad Format

IPTs with FEA calculation take long to open in replicated environment

IRAM leak when using Simulation.

Library with thousands of materials causes Inventor to hang

Part is invisible in a base view, but becomes visible in a detail view

Sketch snap points are too small

Some geometries are faceted, which result in rough graphical representation

Systems meeting minimum system requirement not opening home page.

The installed True Type Font (TTF) is not show is not showing up in the Inventor Sketch Text font li...

The Inventor 2017 list of fasteners is blank for the bolted connection

Thread function not available

Thumbnail is not transferred to Data Management System for some users

Update all sheets will crash inventor.

Visible lines not shown in some drawing views

When activating flexibility in positional representation assembly is messed up

Which font is used when inserting a Symbol in Text boxes

White objects are not printed

August 2016

Adding a cut normal pivots the entire part in Inventor

Adding a specific toolbar to a workspace

Adding a wire area when adding custom wires in the cable & harness library

Autodesk Inventor 2017 mixed english and german title name, when working with Autodesk Vault Data Standard

Autodesk Inventor 2017: Shadow settings not honored in rendered image

Autodesk Inventor: Inventor, one sketch will not profile or extrude due to not closed contour

Autodesk Vault ribbon in Autodesk Inventor disappears

Baseline set dimension creates dimensions with wrong extension lines

Blue flashing circle behind crosshairs when creating 3D Curve on Freeform Box.

Cannot add icon to quick Access toolbar for Inventor

Cannot checking out Autodesk Inventor files from Autodesk Vault Explorer

Cannot extrude an AutoCAD dwg coming from a previously exported Inventor sketch

Change orientation of base view does not work for parallel views when using sheet formats

Content Center standard Circlips ANSI B 27.7M has incorrect description.

Contour flange with converge option doesn’t show flat pattern relief cuts

Creating custom Inventor Sheet Metal Rule will not look correct when Unfold is used

Dimensions on broken view of a drawing exported from Inventor

Drawing sheet shrinks to 95% of its original size when Zoom All

Editing multiple dimensions only updates the first.

Error “iPart member filename exceeds maximum length” while generating iAssembly members

Error installing Autodesk Inventor 2015 Developer tools

Error when creating Involute Spline

Error when creating thread, Can’t find threads.xls

Error: Preview of Inventor Files from Vault fails after upgrade

Error: When checking Autodesk Inventor files into Autodesk Vault the file list appears to be incomplete.

Graphics Error in 3D Sketch mode

Hole note shows an incorrect quantity of patterned holes

How to add custom HDR IBL environment into Inventor 2017

How to set the drawing’s custom properties equal with part’s custom properties?

How to undo refresh or get a temp file back from Vault with the Inventor Vault Add-in

Inventor 2015-Performance issue with Desktop Content on the network.

Inventor 2017 Does not recognize the Closed profile in inventor 2105 and 2016.

Inventor 2017, Associated pattern along with sketch drive pattern gives incorrect results

Inventor Fusion will not launch in Windows 10

Inventor IPart Tables have circle with I in them at the top level assembly. How can these be cleared?

Inventor Update Properties from Vault 2017 (PWB) sets Initial date to 12/30/1899

Inventor: Minor surface corruption shows in studio rendered images.

Inventor: Relationship is not mirrored in assembly environment

Inventor: When using ordinate set dimension and when adding text and moving cause Inventor to halt.

Inventor: Wrong edges in drawing view due to un-closed profile in part feature

Is Inventor BOM data imported when creating drawing views from an Inventor assembly?

LOD’s not showing correct representation after migration to 2017.

Methods for updating files types when using Inventor

Not Able to Save Assembly or Drawing in Inventor states LOD is being edited

Opening or importing Revit RFA (Revit Family) file in Inventor

Order of iLogic Global Form menu would be incorrect if restart Inventor.

Origin/Triad is not displayed in Inventors drawing window

“Out of Memory” when carrying out certain feature commands.

PCF files exported from Inventor 2017 would have gaps for butt-welded components when opened in AutoCAD Plant 3D

Product Design Suite Workflows missing from install of Inventor

Selecting part view in Nastran In-CAD causes Inventor to crash

Sheet Metal File punch tool preview is incorrect

Sketch fails in Inventor 2017, fine in previous versions.

Specific inventor files fail to create a DWF

Undisplayed hidden line would be displayed automatically when edit an original part.

Users report that AutoCAD points don’t project correctly in Inventor.

Users report that in adding values in custom CC library, fills in wrong row.

Users report that using Inventor with high resolution monitor doesn’t display some dialog boxes correctly

Users report that using the Cut normal command in sheet metal causes issues in idw dimensions.

Using Copy Object in an Inventor Assembly with the associative setting to create composite surfaces does not update when geometry is moved

Weld fillet not the correct size

When working with large Autodesk Inventor assemblies with logged in into Vault, the performance is slower

Re: Latest Updates | New Knowledge Network Articles | Inventor

Azmeera.M — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 05:52:31 GMT

September 2016

‘Favorites’ and ‘Save’ buttons are missing in ESKD Title Block dialog in Inventor 2017

After login in Autodesk Vault, Autodesk Inventor performance is not good on some working stations

Autodesk Vault missing the Autodesk Inventor thumbnails, when updating the revision table about the Job Processor

Auto-explode: No applicable assembly constraints exist

Can’t Split Solid

Cannot add Unknown Force due to redundancies in Dynamic Simulation

Cannot override appearance of body in derived assembly

Configure Default Template… settings are reset to default

Could not create a view for a part file.

Define additional custom synchronous belt and pulleys

Degrees of Freedom analysis wrong

Drawing view fails to show a tangent fillet correctly

Erratic crashes when moving OLE objects on drawing

Error Factory

Error: Inventor File Types not associated with Inventor Viewer 2017 after installation

Error: When checking in using the Inventor Check in Project Command - Check in list is empty

Frame generator angles with parentheses have been withdrawn. What does that mean?

How do I move a sketch block in Inventor.

How to change Custom D size sheet to C size with Custom title block

How to change the Browser name for a Content Center Custom part

How to configure Inventor to use a single project file

Inconsistent constraint error message when dragging flexible assembly to an end position

Inventor 2017: Resolution is fixed at 72 pixels/inch and grayed out in Publish to Video dialog in the presentation environment

Inventor Chamfer style is set to Dual Format X.X [X.X] and Group Dual Values Together is selected, t...

Inventor Connected Design does not connect to A360

Inventor crashes on opening migrated sheet metal parts

Inventor crashes while editing table on Content Center

Inventor Error: No Frame Member Families are present when trying to use the insert Frame Generator command

Inventor file with iProperties containing a German special character “ß” cannot be checked in to Vault

Inventor Publisher Bill of Material is Missing Component of Inventor Assembly.

Inventor: How do I embed an image into my title block

Inventor: How to specify the vertex in a ‘Round - Vertex’ or ‘Square - Vertex’ sheet metal

Inventor: Projection of assembly is required on a drawing view

Inventor: Styles from template are not used when creating a new file

ITEM QTY doesn’t show the total number of grouped frame members in a parts list table

Joint with between two faces option causes error during demote component

Material library not accessible via Material browser

Missing IDW view edges in Inventor View

Open from Vault in Autodesk Inventor command is very slow

Part List not corresponding to correct member length of iAssembly

Parts list width cannot be reduced smaller than the largest word in the column heading

Project Description shows UNC for UNF parts

Scaling a models size in Inventor

Sketch edit in Inventor 2017 fails, OK in previous releases.

Stack text commands are not available in drawing environment

Text color changes not honored with different view types

The images are missing from the Favorite Appearance drop-down after the appearance has been applied and loaded locally in the document in Inventor 2017

Unable to see custom content center parts in Content Center Editor in Autodesk Inventor

Users report incorrect placement of points using precision placement in 3D sketch.

Users report that sketches using blocks are not visible in 3D PDF’s

When importing the Inventor Application Options the second CPU reports Design Data is missing information.

When using Autodesk Vault and Autodesk Inventor, then two License in use

When you start Inventor or Inventor LT it hangs at about ¼ way through loading

Where is the ZIP file put when select the option of creating a ZIP file in Pack and Go?

Wrong units after referencing DWG in Inventor

Re: Latest Updates | New Knowledge Network Articles | Inventor

Azmeera.M — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 08:02:10 GMT

October - November 2016

A user reported that Inventor 2016 will exit to a CER on Windows 10 with UNC Project paths

After removing a part from a pattern feature is becomes visible in locked design views

Assembly cannot be published to DWF - Failed to publish DWF file

Assembly Mass not showing correct value when, mass overrides are used in parts.

Behaviour of Inventor Bill of Materials in Items

Can a Part file be used to create an Assembly file or a Bottom to Top design structure in Inventor?

Can Inventor extrude to a multi face termination for part feature creation

Can Navisworks files be imported into Inventor.

Cannot more delete family table in the Autodesk Inventor Content Center Editor.

CFD crashes when sending an assembly from Inventor to CFD

Check where the parameter is using in the drawing

Continues weld on square tubing

Crash with CER when changing scale of a drawing view with unresolved files

Creating a hole on cylindrical face

Custom Content Center data library is not read/write.

Custom Content center family Expressions being turned to Fixed after Apply button is selected

Custom frame generator parts creating a leading blank in file name

Custom Template file size is too large in Inventor

Date properties changing automatically with Daylight saving time

Design Accelerator does not show all values correctly in non-English version

Difference between AutoCAD and Inventor

Difference between Inventor and Fusion 360

Disable Substitute feature in part and use it as a normal derived component

Drawing border issue with Ref dims

Editing a legacy iPart table in Inventor 2017 Portuguese (Português - Brasil) would add a new column

Error: “Unknown Server Error” on Inventor part check in to Vault

Error: When running an Autodesk Vault copy design of an Inventor Assembly with multiple excel file references, the references are not updated

ESKD annotation dialog is cutoff after changing DPI to 125%

Factory Design Asset can’t be edited.

German Inventor: Inventor 2017 export a part file to STL, import to other software got wrong result, but 2016 works.

Hole and Thread Note does not bring additional information about hole

How to brake contour lines for a text in drawing environment

How to change dimensions from decimal to fraction format?

How to get access to HSM for Inventor for use by Students, Teachers or Schools

How to override the appearance of components inserted from the Content Center

How to reset Inventor’s ribbon interface

How to show mesh edges in Inventor 2017

HSM for Inventor will not install

HSMXpress for Solidworks or HSM Express for Inventor will not install

Inventor 2015: becomes unresponsive when you right-click in file open window

Inventor 2016 freezes when opening first file accessing account.autodesk.com

Inventor 2016: Crash when exporting a model to JT file format

Inventor 2017 fails to create an RFA file from the BIM Exchange environment

Inventor 2017 SP1 installation is running slowly

Inventor 2017: ‘Add new parts to the top’ feature doesn’t take effect when opening directly from a parts list

Inventor 2017: Precise Input not available when editing 3D point

Inventor 2017: R3 export 3D PDF, the Color will be missing after export file to 3D PDF for both Part & Assembly.

Inventor Cable/Harness Issue

Inventor copying a drawing sheet to drawing that used to have a sheet by that name does not come in with the correct name.

Inventor could not find thread.xls containing thread data

Inventor DWG synchronization job hanging

Inventor failed to save Autocad DWG

Inventor message after upgrading: Template needs to be migrated

Inventor sketch becomes sick every time it’s updated

Inventor to DXF of Flat pattern duplicates geometry, does not adhere to INI file

Inventor: Flange dialog does not select existing value when starting measure command

Inventor: New Weld symbols from ISO2553:2013 missing

Inventor’s trial has run out and will not check out a network license

Leading zeros of number values are omitted when exporting Inventor parts list to Excel file

Local update not executed automatically after parameter changes

Mass not holding for imported STEP files

Memory consumption when working with section view in assembly environment after model is loaded in Express mode

Mirror component would be incorrect

Missing wires in Nailboard view after changes to assembly.

Not able to Balloon items in Drawing Views for Inventor

Objects on hidden layers are shown in front of objects on visible layers in PDF export

PDF layer mess , some objects are not in the layer like in inventor.

Performance issue retrieving Inventor files from a 2012 R2 file server

Render quality options in Inventor

Surface symbols form standard ISO 1302:2002

SwitchBack is unable to connect to Inventor. Make sure that Inventor is running, and that the ‘Navisworks Switchback’ add-in is loaded.

Turning profile does not appear correctly for this part

Unable to Export as DXF in Inventor 2017

Understanding the basics of the Sweep function within Inventor

Using a spline as a detail view fence shape in Inventor drawing drawing environment

When I start WinCAM the installed DWG TrueView 2017 starts to run MSI SelfHeal

When placing a view in an IDW or DWG file for Inventor the IPT or IAM file open in the background does not populate the view to be placed in Inventor

Where can I find the latest Autodesk® Inventor HSM™ 2017 system requirements

Which file format is the best to transfer from Alias to Inventor?

Which version of Inventor is included in Product Design Suite premium?

XML Template files seem to be ignored when selected for BIM Exchange

Re: Latest Updates | New Knowledge Network Articles | Inventor

Azmeera.M — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 05:17:44 GMT

December 2016

Copy Design does not work for Inventor DWG files

DWF export creates thicker lineweight

Editing dimensions in Inventor may to lose the reference to origin point in sketch

Error accessing excel file using an iLogic rule in Inventor

Inventor HSM 2017 on Windows 10 with a 4K video card and monitor, will exit to a CER when a Drill "Bottom Height" is set to “Model Bottom” and has a negative offset.

Inventor would crash with DirectX11 issue, please update your windows (Win10&Win8.1 only)

Inventor, Eco Material Adviser is not working

Items showing in drawing section view that are not present in model.

Resolve Link dialog appears for Content Center parts after migrating to new version of Inventor

Section view glitching

The launching Autodesk Inventor Task Scheduler is very delay

The model keeps spinning even after hitting ESC

Unable to create a balloon for a component in a detail view