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A thread to help get support on idea's you have in the Inventors Idea forum. We have installation threads, we have hardware threads, but how many people go to the Idea's forum and vote up suggestions ..
If you have an Idea posted, share the link here, so we all can review it, up vote it etc:
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How to know everything is ballooned:
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/a-way-to-know-if-everything-is-ballooned/idi-p/5600117
Video of it
http://www.yourcad.guru/balloon-check/
(Thanks to Curtis W for the coding)
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Working in an IDW, a Next Page/Sheet Button vs having to keep double clicking on the next sheet
https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/next-page-sheet-idw/idc-p/5543711#M7422
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When creating a Section View, have an option to turn off the Align option (I know you can do it via CTL) ...
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Mike Davis
I'm afraid, that this would flood the forums.
But it won't change the world.
Walter Holzwarth
Here are some of mine..
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Don't waste the Force Effects code
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Let me paint the inside of an electrical enclosure a different color than the outside
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An easier way to fix assembly constraints when I change components
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Steve Walton
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Just hoping to get some more looks at the Idea' forum and for our ideas.
Example .... Curtis has some of his good ones in his signature:
An Inventor Improvement Idea that needs support:
I'm actually seeing an uptick in Votes from this posting already ...this might out great ...
@swalton Thanks for adding to it!! Exactly what I was hoping will happen!
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Mike Davis
I feel like it is my duty to always shamelessly plug this idea:
Threads in Machining Environment.
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Justin K
Inventor 2018.2.3, Build 227 | Excel 2013+ VBA
ERP/CAD Communication | Custom Scripting
Machine Design | Process Optimization
iLogic/Inventor API: Autodesk Online Help | API Shortcut In Google Chrome | iLogic API Documentation
Vb.Net/VBA Programming: MSDN | Stackoverflow | Excel Object Model
Inventor API/VBA/Vb.Net Learning Resources: Forum Thread
Sample Solutions:Debugging in iLogic ( and Batch PDF Export Sample ) | API HasSaveCopyAs Issues |
BOM Export & Column Reorder | Reorient Skewed Part | Add Internal Profile Dogbones |
Run iLogic From VBA | Batch File Renaming| Continuous Pick/Rename Objects
Local Help: %PUBLIC%\Documents\Autodesk\Inventor 2018\Local Help
Ideas: Dockable/Customizable Property Browser | Section Line API/Thread Feature in Assembly/PartsList API Static Cells | Fourth BOM Type
Inventor 2018.2.3, Build 227 | Excel 2013+ VBA
ERP/CAD Communication | Custom Scripting
Machine Design | Process Optimization
iLogic/Inventor API: Autodesk Online Help | API Shortcut In Google Chrome | iLogic API Documentation
Vb.Net/VBA Programming: MSDN | Stackoverflow | Excel Object Model
Inventor API/VBA/Vb.Net Learning Resources: Forum Thread
Sample Solutions:Debugging in iLogic ( and Batch PDF Export Sample ) | API HasSaveCopyAs Issues |
BOM Export & Column Reorder | Reorient Skewed Part | Add Internal Profile Dogbones |
Run iLogic From VBA | Batch File Renaming| Continuous Pick/Rename Objects
Local Help: %PUBLIC%\Documents\Autodesk\Inventor 2018\Local Help
Ideas: Dockable/Customizable Property Browser | Section Line API/Thread Feature in Assembly/PartsList API Static Cells | Fourth BOM Type
ACCEPTED
I up'd it ...
I liked that back when it came out ...
Cut, weld, drill, finish/thread ....
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Mike Davis
Here's one.. Yes just one.. 
Many times we are asked to weigh in (take a poll) on something for Autodesk.. What about having a poll on a list of "X" number of ideas that Autodesk is considering from the idea forum? That way we can tell Autodesk what they should focus on and what things we find "non-value added"...
Mark Lancaster
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Autodesk Inventor Certified Professional & not an Autodesk Employee
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Like grab 10 ideas from the forum and have people poll on if they want it or not ?
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Mike Davis
bump
if you have idea's in the idea station, add them to the list:
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Mike Davis
@mdavis22569 wrote:
Like grab 10 ideas from the forum and have people poll on if they want it or not ?
I would think that IF AD was interested in what the users want, they can just look at the number of kudos given to an idea. I thought that was the idea of of giving Kudos in the first place. Why muddy it up with another poll?
Kirk
I've seen 100 kudos' and nothing happens.. I've seen less than 10 and it get under review.
If we can get any extra attention to some of these and maybe gain some interest on some really good ones, maybe just maybe they will get put into consideration sooner ...
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Mike Davis
So here are a few of mine that I would like to see implemented.
idw Overlay lines... move Overlay layer behind Visible layer
Plot Stamp : Add this to the idw
Sketch Improvement to make things more stable
Tell us your actual votes, for creating a hitlist ..
I could think of an Excel file with these inputs for Inventor Ideas:
- Region (Forum - Customization - Installing and Licensing - Publisher (seems to be gone) ..)
- Topic
- Creator
- Entry date
- Total views by visiting date
- Total kudos by visting date
- Autodesk state of acknowledge
- Estimated date of integration
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Walter Holzwarth
Additional comment: In Idea Station are several thousand entries. They'll never make it into a new release, that needs to be accepted.
But let's have a closer look at the top 200, sorted by votes.
Walter Holzwarth
And a few more of mine that would be really beneficial to anyone making idws:
IDW Rotate view Improvement
IDW Improvement... Draft View Copy / Paste
Print "Current Window" should print the window
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