Inventor is Ridiculous, Again

[janelson33]

Ok, so how is GD&T so painfully bad in the software??? Emergency meeting for everyone on the Inventor team: GD&T is not new, why does the software act like it is? Really y'all? Autodesk is a giant company and y'all can't figure this out??

For reference, the software settings show the 1994 standard is cited; like seriously what self-respecting engineer thinks that is proper for professional software that costs this much? F the consumer right?

Why did the team decide to put a discrete ASME standard in the software settings if the templates don't even match the ASME books correctly? If you're going to waste time making a half ass template, don't do it. The book is literally available for anyone to purchase if Autodesk wants to do it right.

Why is everything such a pain in the butt to implement for a national US standard, ASME Y14.5 - 2009? I cannot dimension a simple slot via methods outlined in the standard Inventor says it follows. This isn't the only issue with GD&T features either, control frames can be pretty twatty too when it comes to text centering when a note is type in....anyways I digress.

Sure, there's other ways, but I want the tidiest method for this drawing.

I hope this is just a bug, but.....

Why does a planar sheet metal environment have worse performance than a 22-part multi-body model environment in Inventor???

Why the **** can I not place a center-mark at this point I've created from a sketch????

Why does the snap feature not work?

Why do some center points change like this after I add a centerline???

It is the simplest crap about Inventor that gets my blood boiling bc I can't do simple commands in drawings, for which I want to adhere to ASME Y14.5 GD&T practices.

[rhenstenburg]

The workaround defined by @SEC_CAD is a good one and I have used it in the past (thanks to @SEC_CAD for detailing). Having slots automatically recognized, regardless of how they are produced, would be a nice feature however.

[Anonymous]

Stop with the condescending attitude please. I was able to attain basic competence in Inventor 4 in 2000, in about four weeks. I bought an educational (instructors license) when I was teaching AutoCAD, which I had used since v10 in 1990. This version of Inventor is an overly bloated pig. I've fought with it for a week now, and am done. I have applied for a refund. Over and out.

[gcoombridge]

@Anonymous if you're having difficulty extruding you need more training. Full stop. It's like someone telling me the reverse gear doesn't work on Subarus when I back mine out of my driveway several times a day...

That being said I had a small task to do on SolidEdge recently after a 15yr break and I lost my temper after 5 minutes! I'm sure its great when you're used to it but I couldn't make sense of it. (I'm also very dependant on hotkeys)