topic Re: Model annotations in Inventor Forum

Model annotations

mgrenier1 — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:03:07 GMT

Would there be a way to have 3A, 3B, 3C, and 3D on the same plane as 1, 2A and 2B ?

For some reason Inventor struggles with the fact they're diameters and won't let me change the annotation plane.

Re: Model annotations

Ihor_Radikhovskyi — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 13:59:07 GMT

Yes, there is a way to align 3A, 3B, 3C, and 3D to the same plane as 1, 2A, and 2B.

When you are creating or editing the diameter annotations, before you left-click to finalize the placement, hold down the Shift key and select the specific plane you want the annotation to be parallel to.

Alternatively, while placing the annotation, you can press the Spacebar on your keyboard to cycle through the default annotation planes until the text aligns exactly how you need it.

Let me know if this solves it for you.

Re: Model annotations

mgrenier1 — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:24:56 GMT

If the normal way to do it worked, I wouldn't be asking 😜

So yeah that did not work.

Re: Model annotations

johnsonshiue — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:08:09 GMT

Hi! I could be wrong. I also believe it should be doable as Ihor mentioned here. Maybe there is a bug or a limitation, but it is not apparent to me. Please share the file here. I would like to understand the behavior better.

Many thanks!

Re: Model annotations

chad.schmidt — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:25:59 GMT

This doesn't work for me also. Very annoying. I guess diameter annotations can't be placed on a work planes.

Re: Model annotations

kevin_hayne — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:14:50 GMT

Same here, it is very annoying! Being forced to dimension a diameter in a plan view, whereas we only dimension the Overall Diameter there, and all others in a vertical section. Not possible with MBD.