topic Re: Creating xyz point in Inventor Forum

Creating xyz point

jeremy_camper — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 23:08:02 GMT

Is there a way to manually enter a xyz point similar to nx?

Ref attached screen shot

Re: Creating xyz point

JDMather — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:19:24 GMT

@jeremy_camper

Activate the Precise Input tool to enter xyz points directly.

You can also set Inventor to automatically enter Bends for you in a 3D path.

You can also do this directly from an Excel spreadsheet.

Re: Creating xyz point

kacper.suchomski — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 01:31:56 GMT

You didn't attach a screenshot.

What point do you mean? Do you mean the sketch point or the working point?

Re: Creating xyz point

jeremy_camper — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 01:34:59 GMT

Sorry about that

It's a screen shot from NX but want to try to do the same thing in inventor

Re: Creating xyz point

jeremy_camper — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 01:38:36 GMT

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.sw.siemens.com%2Fsfc%2Fservlet.shepherd%2Fversion%2FrenditionDownload%3Frendition%3DTHUMB720BY480%26versionId%3D0684O000009aUVD%26operationContext%3DCHATTER%26contentId%3D05T4O00000aljNc%26page%3D0&tbnid=ANjmcF8lBgu-hM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcommunity.sw.siemens.com%2Fs%2Fquestion%2F0D54O00006R4TxOSAV%2Fnx-12-is-it-possible-to-change-the-overall-default-for-output-coordinates-to-wcs-instead-of-absolute-work-part&docid=1qz3WELBmAb6MM&w=339&h=409&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm4%2F0&kgs=41c68a6661b08de3#sv=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-u-jQCTABSgoIAhACGAIgAigC

Re: Creating xyz point

jeremy_camper — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 01:40:27 GMT

Precise input will let me manually enter it this way... Want to keep it simple as possible for what I'm doing

Re: Creating xyz point

kacper.suchomski — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 01:50:52 GMT

You still haven't answered the question - what type of point do you want to create?

Re: Creating xyz point

jeremy_camper — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 01:54:35 GMT

Guess you would call a inferred point a construction point

Re: Creating xyz point

JDMather — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 01:56:51 GMT

@kacper.suchomski

Apparently attempting to do a tube/pipe route.

@jeremy_camper

In addition to Precise Input or spread sheet import, there is also an entire work environment (Routed Systems) dedicated for this in Autodesk Inventor Professional.

Re: Creating xyz point

kacper.suchomski — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 02:07:04 GMT

https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2026/ENU/?guid=GUID-38A9748E-FA2D-44D3-928C-DFE1326A9385

Re: Creating xyz point

jeremy_camper — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 02:10:31 GMT

Will this let me create a non-assoctive point?

I just want it to be a manual construction point in space

Point. Creates a construction point

Re: Creating xyz point

kacper.suchomski — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 09:50:22 GMT

@jeremy_camper wrote:

Will this let me create a non-assoctive point?

I just want it to be a manual construction point in space

Point. Creates a construction point

Did you read the help file I provided?