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December 2017

Autodesk® Inventor® Factory Assets do not accept custom values for certain properties

When opening files in Inventor, the following error displays: “Unavailable Project Location(s)”

Inventor: How to configure display of axes and grid lines when working in sketches

What Kernel is used for Inventor Frame Analysis

Inventor, Measurement of loops for arc angle lengths

Inventor 2015 on Windows 10 will not import XLSX files in correctly Excel 2016

Inventor, Center points only show as points not centers.

Can an Inventor DWG file be exported to CGM format?

Cannot snap to the Inventor Grid in the part sketch mode

Autodesk® Inventor®: The title block company logo gets replaced by a table after having pasted it

Autodesk® Inventor®: Unable to Save As or Import DWG/DXF

Inventor : Unable to load presentation environment tools in 2018

Inventor is not saving Application Option settings when modifying the setting in the tabs or Customi...

Inventor, I can’t see to use a sketch from AutoCAD to make sheet metal cutouts.

Inventor, Unable to constrain a 4 hole bolt pattern with hole in center.

November 2017

Inventor: Inventor browser does not appear anywhere on the screen

Inventor: Importing Civil 3D .dwg to Inventor to create 3D surface

After working in an Inventor file and it exits with a Customer Error Report (CER) after that the fil...

Asia text is unable to be viewed with Inventor Viewer

Autodesk® Inventor® 2018 long Constraints name partially visible on the Browser

Autodesk® Inventor®: How do I change the dimension style of an Assembly 3D dimension?

Autodesk® Inventor®: When constraining parts they don´t move directly to the designed location

Can a page setup be created Inventor drawings for print settings are the same consistently

Can Inventor Balloons within the IDW or DWG environment have a stack of rows

Can the Inventor Bolted Connection select a circular cut extrusion instead of a Hole feature

Can the Inventor BOM or Parts List on IDW show different formatting in a column, Decimal then ffract...

Can The Inventor IDW command Replace Model Reference work on Inventor IParts with multiple views of ...

Can the Inventor Part List custom column be mapped into the Balloon callout instead of the Item numb...

Can the Inventor software work with the Fusion shared hub

Cannot publishing part into Autodesk Vault Customer Content Center when SSL is installed

Copying Inventor Sketch geometry from one part file to another file, can this be done?

Does the Inventor feature Face Draft allow the use of multiple parting lines

Error “The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable.” when install...

Error: A problem occurred when creating thePDF

How do you get Inventors Pack and Go to find referencing files

How to create an architectural 24x36 sheet size for an Inventor IDW or DWG file

How to export a DXF R12 format from a newer version of Inventor

How to get you Inventor Design Data folder checked into Vault

How to keep Title Block reference from moving in the sketch edit after all dimensions are placed on ...

How to move an Inventor sheet metal flange along edge or certain length on edge

How to uninstall and reinstall the Inventor Electrical Catalog Browser

Inventor : Open/Edit Ilogic rule causes the software to crash

Inventor : While running FEA you are getting a degenerate elements error

Inventor : While working with model Inventor crashes intermittently with NTDL.DLL error

Inventor 2017 has started to run slowly

Inventor 2018 : Unable to demote component

Inventor 2018 : Unable to Mirror a step file in Inventor

Inventor 2018: Inventor hangs at startup for a few minutes

Inventor cannot find Office 365 Excel program

Inventor Content Center libraries are empty

Inventor Crashes when disconnecting laptop from docking station

Inventor Deployment : Unable to set Content Center libraries configured to Vault Content

Inventor Error Message “Autodesk Invalid Integar Cast Data Out Of Range” wen file is opened or saved

Inventor exits to a CER when you select the material or the appearance browser

Inventor HSM 2017 license type selection option is not available during deployment creation

Inventor IDW views do not show all of the information within the multibody part file

Inventor Model Browser disappears and is not restored when User Interface Model setting is turned on

Inventor Part file Shell command Error The attempted operation did not produce a meaningful result.

Inventor textures are missing and will not load

Inventor will not import any AutoCAD DWG files without giving the following error “Unable to create ...

Inventor, Balloons will not work for calling out sub-component names.

Inventor, Can’t move end of part in browser.

Inventor, Can’t see construction line when using a sliced sketch.

Inventor, Can’t select feature to show in browser.

Inventor, Custom Synchronous Belt not showing

Inventor, Editing and customizing a title block.

Inventor, Error can’t shell component

Inventor, Frame Generator and Auto-Exploded View in Presentation File

Inventor, Gives error “harness is exclusively owned” and i cant update assembly

Inventor, How to create tweets in a presentation file.

Inventor, I can’t turn on visibility of some features

Inventor, I have a parts list with two of the same size washers one decimal one fractional how did t...

Inventor, iFeature error

Inventor, Knurl apperances Don’t show up in drawing views.

Inventor, Minimal Constraints Causing Inventor to Freeze

Inventor, Sketch has cyclical error and I can’t save the file.

Inventor, Top level assembly unable to make iParts and iAssemblies functional

Inventor, Unable to copy an existing iFeature.

Inventor, Using the Reuse command in Frame Generator flips the reused component.

Inventor, When trying to add a component to existing tweak in an IPN Inventor will halt and not comp...

Inventor: Associative circular pattern in Assembly does not honor position change of the patterned c...

Inventor: Crash when exporting specific drawing to PDF

Inventor: Drawing border does not change size when changing sheet format

Inventor: Find Inventor files shows too many results when using “contains” condition in search box

Inventor: How to calculate the sweep path lenght

Inventor: Inventor hangs when constraining components in specific assembly

Inventor: Is it possible to import parameters as text/string from an external file

Inventor: Populated route not stable when moving driving components

Inventor: Specific column show filenames instead of corresponding values after exporting BOM to Exce...

Inventor: Transfer the Content Center favorites to other computers

Inventor: Vault Project File is no more active from time to time and switches to ‘Default’

Inventor: When activating section view in 3D appearance seems to change and is darker than before

Inventor: When using Create Components the parts are not at the expected position

Is it possible to copy an ILogic rule from one Inventor part file to another part file

Is there a PLM software for Inventor written by Autodesk?

Is there Virtual reality for models created with Autodesk Inventor software.

Need to export and Inventor Sheet Metal Flat Pattern as a certain DXF format

OBJ format can be imported to Inventor 2016?

System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: Configuration system failed to initialize

The Autodesk Vault checking in windows does not appears, when installed Vault Data Standard

Trying to constrain Arc Geometry Text to stay centered in part when dimensions change

Trying to customize shortcuts for all Faces of the ViewCube in Inventor Software

Trying to export and Inventor Assembly Bill of Materials to Excel fails with error stating Excel isn...

Unable to install Inventor 2018 - “Autodesk Inventor 2018 is already installed. If you want to add a...

Unable to launch Inventor 2018 after installation

When editing an Inventor Drawing file the software will lock up and go non responsive

Within an Inventor Part file the OK button to extrude a consumed profile (shaded in) as it is grayed...

October 2017

Autodesk Inventor hangs since install Autodesk Vault Data Standard

Autodesk® Inventor® black ribbons displayed

Can you place a uniform FEA load on a face on an Inventor part

“Frequently used subfolders” window does not open in the foreground in Inventor

Ability for the Inventor Direct Edit command to work with complex surfaces with select all faces of ...

After setting the number of decimal places in the dimension style within the drawing it will not sta...

Autodesk® Inventor® Professional: Select Freeform edges to edit them in one shot

Can a custom IProperty in an Inventor model to be inserted in and Inventor IDW or DWG template file

Can I install Inventor 2010 on windows 10 system?

Cannot change material on an Inventor part file as this is grayed out from selection

Cannot rotate part in an assembly where it has degrees of Freedom

Detailing Frame Generator Weldment Members Individually While Still Maintaining Assembly Features

Does Inventor allow file sharing like Revit does when multiple users can work on the file at the sam...

Edit “Minimum Bend Radius” in inventor Tube & Pipe.

Exporting a step file from an Inventor part file with the threaded hole information, is this possibl...

Factory design: How to separate different regions in a factory layout

Hide the mass unit on an exported Autodesk® Inventor® bill of materials

How to bring Solidworks Configurations to Inventor iparts

How to create automated center lines for the slots in Inventor drawing

How to get support for Digipara software with Inventor

How to insert selected AutoCAD drawing objects into Inventor drawing

How to move views between sheets in Inventor drawing

Inventor : Export/Save As - IDW to DXF is there an option to push all entities to layer 0

Inventor : Unable to associate a new snapshot to a drawing view

Inventor 2016 Installation error

Inventor 2018 Embedded Tutorials Videos are not working

Inventor 2018 working very slow.

Inventor 2018.1 update failed to install

Inventor Appearance name shows an asterisk in that name in local document in the drop down list

Inventor crashes when creating a derived route in tubing from a 3D sketch

Inventor Professional Problem - Update 2017.4.2 cannot be installed

Inventor Sketch Geometry when projected and offset displays in teal color

Inventor Title Block not populating entries pulled from IProperties

Inventor Trail crashes on start

Inventor, Displaying threads in an assembly drawing view.

Inventor, Family is no longer in current library configuration

Inventor, How to create a Mass override.

Inventor, How to obtain a Looping length in 2018 version?

Inventor, I need to have a tighter bend radius then the defaults.

Inventor: Error message occurs while generating a Stress Analysis Report

Inventor: Error message when placing member with thread of custom content center family

Inventor: How to identify with a code if a file was created or touched with an educational version

Inventor: How to lock a level of detail to prevent other part to appear in other Level of Details af...

Inventor: Thread UNC and UNF standard

Is Inventor still compatible with Microscribe G2X Digitizers

Is it possible to demote the Inventor assembly machining feature to part level feature for the parti...

New option “project objects as construction geometry” in Autodesk® Inventor®

Projecting a circle from a specific part in an Inventor Assembly shows a line after selection is mad...

Reinstall of Inventor fails because the installer says it is already installed

Removing the Scale Property to be displayed when placing a view inside an Inventor Drawing

Saving time for Inventor file to network drive location is slow

Setting the defaults for the Inventor IDW dimensions to use a particular style by default

Upgrading Operating Systems while Inventor Products are installed on previous Operating System

Vault Server Install Error “IIS is not running as the default web server.”

What is the best DXF format for Inventor to export to CorelDraw X5

When placing a hole note in an Inventor Drawing file it needs to be a different color than black

Inventor, Dialog box for measure not coming up.

Inventor, Halts after creating a new sketch and saving file.

Inventor: Copying Content Center Favorites to another computer

Inventor: Error messages appear while starting Inventor and Home screen does not work

Inventor: How to can find resources for dynamic simulation

Inventor: Suddenly materials have wrong physical properties in material library

What does the red icon in the Autodesk Inventor or Vault browsers mean?

Where does Inventor store the list of pinned files on the Home screen?

Why new custom content center library are read only?

Inventor : Changes to sheet Iproperties not updating the revision table

Inventor : How to Activate Next Sheet Shortcut in drawing environment

Inventor, Inventor didn’t tell me the parts interfered.

Need to have Midpoint Snap be available for an Arc in sketching mode in an Inventor part file.

Remove Autodesk A360 tab from Inventor Ribbon.

Can inventor get an assembly browser node name to partlist in a drawing.

Inventor, When opening a DWG file in MasterCAM 2018 the actual file is invisible.

I noticed that all the file paths are referring to 2017 files

Inventor 2017: Error message while starting Inventor - InventorConnectUIConfiguration.config

Inventor, Not able to copy a sketch from AutoCAD to Inventor.

Inventor, Other applications can’t open my DXF from Inventor 2018

September 2017

Where to find the latest service packs and updates for Inventor

Material Properties (Density) shows wrong value

Inventor 2017 will not print to PDF to any more than 1 page. It will not “print all” or “print views...

Inventor 2018 installation error

Inventor opening CATIA files with associated text for import

Inventor, In an Inventor drawing I can’t snap my text insertion point to a grid.

Inventor, Upgrade of Excel will not link to Inventor.

How to place a content center part as a custom part inside Inventor?

Inventor 2017 can not do any thing with this assembly

Inventor 2017 starts with -4 error even though there are available license

Content Service is not Installed

Corel 8 no longer supports our DXF file formats our of Inventor 2016

Are the Inventor Legacy Project file types of Semi-Isolated and shared support any longer?

The edges at edge of radii are not showing up

After installing a 3D mouse driver, Inventor’s Right Mouse Click turns into a Double Right Mouse Cli...

August 2017

A circle on a coil will not sweep

Can’t add updates to Deployment

Change printed line thickness in Inventor

Defining the default sketch plane in Inventor for part file to start on

File pull-down not working

Full Document Automatic Update iLogic

How can I align a part file to the origin planes?

How to delete redundant sheet metal rules

How to move a part matching its center of gravity with the part origin

How to repeat a command in Inventor.

How to rotate an Inventor part created by other vendor’s software

Installing Inventor 2018 fails on Ubuntu 17.04

Inventor 2017 does not look like it is properly registered with the Window 7

Inventor 2017: Copied Content Center family “DIN 939” contains wrong entries (Remote Content for Vau...

Inventor 2018 Crashes on Startup

Inventor crashes when working on assemblies or parts

Inventor HSM license type selection option is not available during deployment creation

Inventor, Content Center is not available.

Inventor, Double clicking in Windows Explorer open another version of Inventor

Inventor, How can I configure my BOM for export out side of Inventor

Inventor, How to apply a UCS to a part.

Inventor, Need to change the origin plane of a part file.

Inventor, When exporting BOM’s the formatting doesn’t look correct.

Inventor: Best practice for migrating and updating Content Center parts in Vault environment

Inventor: Factory template issue while publish assets or synchronize layout to AutoCAD

Missing Inventor context menu commands in Microsoft Windows 10 when UAC is disabled

New appearance in material library not available.

Right click an Unlocked view and the “Edit Include Components” option is missing

When Placing base view in Inventor it will CER (Customer Error Report) during the process

Within an Inventor IDW or DWG views of placed IPart members with dimensions, when view is switched t...

Auto Explode Removed from inventor 2017 Presentations

Reversing the zooming direction in Inventor when using a scroll wheel mouse

“Error 1310. Error writing to file. Verify that you have access to that directory.” during Inventor ...

“Error 1315. Unable to write to the specified folder: C:\Config.msi.” during Inventor 2018 installat...

After inserting a scaled up scan of a paper drawing and inserting it into a new Inventor drawing, th...

Autodesk Desktop Connect Service Installation error

How to get sample models for Inventor

Inventor 2018 - Failed to load URL - WebBrowser -6

Inventor, 2018 crashes when opening Autodesk Factory tutorial files.

Inventor, How to Square up a view in an idw/dwg

Inventor, Incorrect dimension are showing in drawing.

Inventor, Inventor crashes when I’m in small files.

Inventor, Transferring illustration view from assembly to a drawing

Inventor, Unable to copy and paste from AutoCAD to Inventor.

Inventor: Custom content center parts are inserted with visible workplanes and sketches

Inventor: Custom properties in Content Center adds “Custom.” in front of the property name

Is there a way to re-create the relationship between the Frame skeleton part and Frame.

Move component for subcategory custom library

Can’t connect Inventor 2018 library transfer guide to Vault Server (2018), to download custom librar...

Inventor: Inventor hangs calculating a pattern feature in part environment

Error: Unable to edit Content Center Family table in Inventor when using a Vault Content Center data...

Importing a Catia CGR File does not product solid bodies in Inventor file

Inventor 2017: Row height of revision tables is a little bit different compared to previous versions

Inventor Error loading segment DLSheet772DL Segment in database

Inventor files are too large and take a long time to open

Inventor, Batch Inventor dwg to Autocad dwg conversion.

Inventor, Default Location for Imported Components like STP files

Inventor, Extremely slow (20min) vault check-in

Inventor, What’s the difference between make part and make component.

Inventor: Mapping a Cut Length of members of Frame Generator to be reported in BOM

It takes 3 to 5 seconds for a surface/edge to highlight when constraining in an Inventor Assembly

Missing Top Line Panel/Menu

Model and Drawing Automation with the API

On Windows 7, file extension STP files will not associate to Inventor 2018.

Parts are not showing up in an Isometric mode in an Inventor drawing

Problem Encountered while saving the document error if a tweak is modified IPN file

Slow load. Some files take up excessive memory

stp file issues

Trying to get mirror and copy of solid for mold cutout in Inventor Part File

unable to save idw with 2018 and published 3D pdf

Convert to Face approximation

Delete key will not work if part is highlighted in the Inventor drawing window then selected on keyb...

Can I install Autodesk Inventor on a Mac?

Cannot delete projected constraints in a sketch, cylindrical constraint dependency detected error is...

inventor file‘s icon are not displaying in Windows File Explorer as expected

Inventor, continuously crashes when opening, sent in many copies of crash error page.

Lizenz error 18,147

Surface Loft to FreeForm surface. How to create solid

inventor crashing when switching tabs

Inventor, Selecting wires in a DWF, DWFx or 3D PDF.

Inventor: Is a material library available with all material names from Standards?

The value of the measurement over pins created with the Inventor created Involute spline doesn’t mat...

When you open an assembly, Inventor warns content center files are missing and need to be resolved

Inventor, How to set the default materials library

“Autodesk software is already installed” error during installation

Unexpected exit when open a part file or create a new part

Inventor, File comes in meshed is there a way to remove it.

Autodesk Vault Data Standard (VDS) dialog crashed, when add date field

Dropbox Update Issue

Inventor: Store custom iPart in specific folder

Inventor: Tiff images are shown black in Inventor drawing

Inventor: Make stp files open in the current Inventor session when using Windows Explorer to open th...

AVI created from IPN in Inventor 2015 will not play on his Windows 7 box

Inventor: How to make sure that partnumber property reflects filename

Best practice: Thousands of holes in one part

Inventor: Cannot save sheet metal part with flat pattern

Inventor: Is there a tool available to tweak texture paths in appearance library

When changing the length of an Inventor Content Center part already existing in an assembly, the par...

Rename and Inventor Part and Drawing file at the same time in Design Assistant

Revit 2018 and Inventor 2018 Pro network licensing issue.

Inventor, IDW/DWG drawing dimension of an intersection not working.

Maximised Window spills over to second monitor.

Moving IFactory parent and members to another folder. How to keep links or association together

Error: Vault was unable to set the project file

Inventor IDW or DWG file sizes are larger than similar file sizes

Inventor, Copying Free formed model in part file.

Inventor, Users can connect to Vault need to migrate Vault

Inventor: Task Scheduler time tasks are not starting when using Microsoft Windows 10 Professional Bu...

Lines from a projected view from a detail view not accessible

Inventor Drawing file views not recalculating or being stuck in continuous state with green borders ...

Deploying Inventor 2018 through Batch file install

How to create CFG file for Inventor export JT file.

Inventor: All materials in the metals category have a density of zero

3D Model from AutoCAD imported into Inventor has wrong axis definitions for STL output

Does Inventor save to the cloud like Fusion?

How to let tiny text be shown in text editor

Inventor : Unable to export BOM to Access database format

Inventor 2017 importing/exporting STL files measurement is off.

Inventor 2017.4 IPN file will not save

Inventor 3D annotation stops working

Inventor Project file causes slow open times. Copied project file or re-created one opens just fine

Save to Style Library is greyed out

Set the Visual Styles for an Inventor part to use the default use when started from scratch

Unable to check in existing IDW or DWG drawing file into vault

How can I ensure all the Inventor 2018 users in my company have TeamWeb enabled?

Inventor : How to measure an arc in sketch mode

Inventor Pro 2018 free trial when it starts up, says 0 days left.

Is there possible to middle align text in the table of partlist, table and others

“Error [-15.570.00] Network license is unavailable” when launching Inventor Professional 2018 with b...

Create Dual Dimensions in Inventor IDW

Sheet metal cone created from a thickened surface will not flatten

Inventor, Windows Explorer thumnails for .idw files

Inventor: After complex changes in assembly some annotations vanish from the drawing

Inventor: Is is possible to import drawings along with a data set from a different system

Inventor: Not able to save files on a network share

Is it possible to get model sketches automatically for any new drawing views?

Inventor 2016 cascading priority from PD Collection and Plant Design Suite Ultimate 2018 network lic...

Inventor Title Block Mapping not reflecting model description when changed

Inventor, How do I get a mid point in a sketch.

Database Access Error: Check that the database is installed and placed in the expected folder. See t...

A mouse cursor pointer dot in a sketch environment doesn’t change from yellow to green when snapping...

HSM Premium 2017- Licese activation failed

Inventor 2018: Missing ribbon tab “Annotate” in part environment after upgrade from Inventor 2017

Inventor Hole Table does not recognise a rectangular pattern.

Inventor: Description of sequences no longer possible in Inventor 2017 and later

Inventor: Open process of a drawing is very long every time the drawing is opened

Sluggish Performance when rotating a selected assembly

The XGL/ZGL translator are no longer supported from 2018 on

Vault Options Grayed Out in Inventor

July 2017

The system is consuming a very high amount of memory

Trying to determine the best practice when saving files on non physical drive

Using Autodesk Vault with a Single Inventor Project

What is the best practice for migrating Inventor files to a new server

What publisher options do we have in the presentation environment

Where to type the license information creating a deployment for Inventor HSM 2017

Why a drawing section view of a weldment assembly doesn’t display all hatches ?

Secondary Sheet Metal Operations will not allow Flat Pattern to be created in Inventor

Remote Vault user is not able to access Vault and get error -104

meaning for Some errors during the shape generator

List of bundled software

List of properties and methods that are available on ThisApplication, but are NOT available on ThisS...

Japanese language packs for Inventor products

Is there a way to expand all of the content center table columns cell information to open up without...

Is there any difference in the Inventor simulation tools between the Premium and Ultimate Suite vers...

IMate Glyph symbol visibility is shown when part is highlighted even if these symbols are turned off...

In Inventor the tab “Manage” disappears when switching files

How to reduce the amount of content available for inserting.

How to dock the Inventor Browser

How to exclude suppressed components when selecting the top assembly for the Copy Components command

How can a sketch linked to an offset plane be moved

How to create a Autodesk Inventor Factory Design Diagnostics log file

How to create a Joint in a rectangle center point

How do you find the graphics device and driver being used and if it is certified or recommended for ...

How for get a three view section view back to two views

How to add GB standard hole

How to change an initial base point when placing a parts list table in a drawing

Frame Generator not completing the command when placing frame member, system beeps

Factory: Coordinate system gizmo not shown in Inventor when defining landing surface or connector

FAQ: Does Autodesk Inventor Pro include Vault Basic

Dynamic Simulation tools are not loading in Inventor Professional after launch

Cannot control face colors on Content center parts after they are inserted into assembly file

Cannot installing the Autodesk Vault 2017.1 (Client) Update

Can not change the Access Option Content Center Inventor Desktop Content to Autodesk Vault Server

Autodesk Inventor 2017 R2 update fails to install on Czech Product Design Suite

Application Manager asks to Update a subscription release of Inventor 2017

‘Create Drawing View’ command in Marking Menu is grayed out

Ability to pull constrained part away from constrained area an Inventor Assembly file

Adjusting Hatching scale on Inventor drawing views

Inventor, Sweep and emboss not working as needed

Select the intersection of the center line when create a baseline / ordinate / chain dimension.

Inventor API: After moving file to a new location assembly does not update path to substitute part a...

Inventor Bolted Connection is it possible to add custom parts

Inventor Engineer-To-Order 2018 will not install

Inventor error when creating a project file to a network location “Folder does not exist”

Inventor Features Profile will not join or add solid to model. Profile will work as surface.

Inventor is not able to open or access the local help

Inventor prompts to save a file although it is checked in into Vault

Inventor, 2016 Infected file malware detected

Inventor, Addin to Content Center through a iPart.

Inventor, Can AnyCAD open a Solid Edge (Seimens) part and assembly file

Inventor, Creating and using Project files

Inventor, How to return ANSI standards back after copying to custom library.

Inventor, Idw can’t dimension to points in a view.

Inventor, Navigation bar is missing.

Inventor, Parts list not updating to changes in the BOM

Inventor, Section of part blends with other when it shouldn’t.

Inventor, View rep locked

Inventor, Zooming in and out becomes difficult.

Inventor: Adding iLogic rules to Content Center family

Inventor: After importing data correctly geometry shows a strange behavior

Inventor: After switching Object Defaults not all elements show new layer properties

Inventor: All edit features are disabled in part file

Inventor: Assembly including iAssemblies with positional representations and Design Accelerator comp...

Inventor: Desktop Connect does not work after upgrading to Inventor 2018

Inventor: Dwg does not show correct value of a property in title block when opened with AutoCAD

Inventor: How to change default thread type of tapped hole dialog box

Inventor: How to export positional representation to a pdf or picture

Inventor: How to remove a material from Content Center family

Inventor: Item number changed in BOM after replace a component in assembly

Inventor: Newly created face cannot be used for a fillet

Inventor: Not ale to finish FEA analysis. Various error messages are shown.

Inventor: Not possible to activate threads in hole dialog

Inventor: Parts list does not show all properties of an iPart

Inventor: Thickness at corners will melt together when using thicken feature

Inventor: Wrong result when working with equation in parameters dialog

June 2017

Inventor & Solid Works

Inventor Beam and Column Calculator not finding Wk and Jk values

Inventor, Parts list doesn’t match balloons

Components which are from CATIA would be gone if export to 3D PDF

Find Assembly Component Top Tips

Merge BOM Rows based on properties other than Part Number

Assemblies can’t find Content Center files

Calculating Mass of and Inventor LOD Assembly to be reported in the title block

Can Inventor save back to a previous version of Inventor

Edit files protected by Inventor library management in project file

How to do an Appearance override on a feature in Inventor.

I have a number of files that keep asking me to resolve links.

Inventor 2017 installation error - Operating System Unsupported

Inventor error when trying to edit in place or open file stating its a library file and cannot be ed...

Inventor ILogic Browser is not visible on the screen, how to turn this one?

Inventor on Win 10 does not print a multi sheet

Sketching Constraints not visible when selecting the function keys F8 and F9 in Inventor

Where can I find an application that will work with in Inventor to help me automate a task

“Show dimensions” disappears after modify the dimension

Cannot Edit Flange Width Extents in the dialog box as it is grayed out

Dual Monitor Support for Inventor

Insert AutoCAD DWG created with file type 2018 in Inventor triggers error message “The drawing file ...

Inventor assembly model not converting to Weldment assembly. Its grayed out when trying to be select...

Inventor cannot emboss “wrap to face” on a face that is not flat that is is projecting onto

Inventor does not highlight parts, faces or edges when working in the window in an assembly mode

Inventor sketch text is backwards when work plane is picked for sketch plane

Inventor: Analyze Interference does not work when the part assembly is not visible

Inventor: Disabling or turning off mini-toolbars

Issue while convert .ipt file into .stp

Measure sketch Loop in Inventor 2018

The server.log file in C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk.desktop-connect\ is growing by the second

When installing a language pack onto of an existing Inventor install, the new language templates are...

[Even if I changed the installation path, Inventor installs 9GB on the C:\](http://knowledge.autodes...

Dragging AutoCAD DWG file into Inventor window will launch Import dialog box

Driving the Machining operation in an Assembly file using the reference sketch in a part file

Inventor Stress analysis on surfaces, is this possible?

Inventor, Can I hide the intersect line in a dimension

Inventor, Wanting to retain a cut out section of a sheet metal part.

Inventor, Where is the Engineering notes

Inventor: Drawing needs to be saved every time and cannot be checked in

Inventor: Export Revit family end with error message in translation report

Inventor: Not possible to control visibility of parts in drawing environment anymore

Inventor: Trailing Zeros when editing iPart table with Excel

Inventor: Where can I find more information about Eco Materials Adviser shipped with Inventor

Inventor’s Dynamic Simulation message try with the Micro Mechanism Model option

Open Inventor DWG by DWG TrueViewer , the dimension is different with open same file by Inventor.

There is a conflict with Inventor 2018 and Macola Progression series 7.8.700 SQL when Inventor is st...

Trouble rotating Inventor flexible assemblies into position

When selecting Appearances from the Inventor User Interface Inventor will freeze and go to non respo...

When will Solidworks support Inventor 2018 files

Windows 10 drivers for older HP Plotters cannot Print to Inventor

ASD Steel: Export model to dwg model for plain AutoCAD

camera converted during animation

Create Insert problem

How do I store my Inventor Design Data in Vault

How to get an AutoCAD Plant 3D model into Inventor?

Inventor, How do I get HSM for Inventor

Inventor, How to create detailed view

Inventor, Need to make a mirrored part and would like to use some of the same features from original...

Inventor, White doesn’t look like the color white

Inventor: Content Center part, ISO 8752 is without the second chamfer

Inventor: Folders missing when using Design Assistant

Inventor: Level of Detail “All Content Center Suppressed” does not suppress all CC parts

launching inventor 2017 Unspecified error (exception from HRSESULT: 0x8000405 (E_FAIL))

Symbol of an “I” near the iPart member table

When Inventor crashes I get an email from you guys saying my latest update isn’t installed. When I g...

Where can I find information on how to create a shrinkwrap substitute LOD

Where can I find out what the Vault Status Icons mean

Where can information or example be found on importing a point cloud into Inventor

Where can Inventor View be downloaded from

May 2017

Inventor: Measure.Extents or RangeBox does not calculate expected values in assembly environment

How to export Inventor assembly files and open them in Fusion 360

How to have in an Assembly BOM the Units qty showing the real mass

How to show iPart Sheet Metal dimensions in a part list

Inventor Professional: Why there is no mold design button on the environment ribbon panel

Inventor: Is it possible to call 3Dconnexion command from Ribbon

Inventor: Slow performance in Windows 10 with Network Attached Storage (NAS)

Wanting to update all dwf’s in vault with a Task, Inventor

After creating an Assembly Weldment and placing a view in an IDW or DWG can the welds not be shown i...

After creating an Inventor section view in a IDW or DWG can you see only a portion of it if desired?

After using Autodesk Vault “Extract Item Data”, the item can be create

Autodesk Inventor HSM: Unable to activate license. Addin Initialization Aborted and Licensing Error ...

Cann’t constrain the section line in Inventor 2016 drawing.

Cannot edit the corner gap in a sheet metal flange part file.

Cannot ogging in into Autodesk Vault over the Inventor Ribbon Vault

Cannot rip an Inventor sheet metal part that is converted from Frame Generator

Custom Frame Generator Profile does not follow skeletal frame on curved surface

Errors [-2147024809] when trying to checkin files to Vault

Factory Design Utilities: Installed programs not recognized while installing Factory Design Utilitie...

Having the Inventor IProperties dialog box remember the last tab that was active after closing and r...

How to change a Frame Generator member reference line

How to install Content Center for Inventor

In the VBA Editor when using the Add Watch feature with the expression of ME, Inventor will hang and...

Inventor 2017 Update R2 fails to install while looking for Czech language pack

Inventor 2018 missing the Professional modules after installed

Inventor best practices for Migrating to a new release

Inventor fonts missing or different after Windows 10 Creators Update

Inventor Mass properties value is incorrect from hand calculations

Inventor Parameters can allow for a dimension to be controlled on various parts and or assemblies

Inventor Pro Stress Analysis capabilities

Inventor, 2017 Presentation tab is missing

Inventor, Creating volume for potted material

Inventor, Drawing style being called into part and assembly file.

Inventor, Ghost Reference to Deleted Parts in Presentation Tweaks

Inventor, Holes are filling in

Inventor, How do I know if I have Inventor or Inventor Professional

Inventor, Placed iassembly listing incorrect part number for some versions

Inventor, Thread size I need is not available

Inventor, Wanting to create only on3 bend and the automatic option delivers two

Inventor: “Failed to update style” when using 3D annotation

How to section Content Center Parts in an Inventor drawing view

Inventor, I want to just one sketch and create two features

Inventor: Assembly feature are not honored in 3D PDF

Inventor: Body color changes when editing sketch while design view is active

Inventor: Constraint “Rotation” does not honor correct positions of components

Inventor: Dimension does not offer all features when adding dimension to an arc

Inventor: Dimension not possible in in specific sketch views

Inventor: Dynamic simulation rounds torque values after calculation

Inventor: Error message about DesignViewSegment when opening derived parts

Inventor: How to adjust texture on different faces to get them aligned

Inventor: Measure dialog does not appear anymore

Inventor: Opening a Inventor-DWG from Windows Explorer will open separate instance of Inventor

Inventor: Preferable settings for neutral appearance in shaded drawings views

Inventor: Update required in derived workflow even if the master part was not changed

Inventor: Vault ribbon without reaction and Vault browser not available in Inventor

Inventor: Visibility of a work plane that belongs to a driven dimension cannot be controlled by Desi...

Inventor: When working with more than one user on the same data set messages appear while saving

Inventor: Transparency is lost when derive part or assembly

Material Issue reflecting wrong in Inventor Studio when rendered image is performed

Orbit tooltip is showing if user pauses in Inventor 2018

Simulation shows separation of parts

The mass properties of the part/assembly is not correct or realistic

The thumbnail view of the part changes when a part is saved directly from an assembly

Vault Addin for Inventor: Check In Error

Vault and Inventor: After upgrade Vault server custom content center libraries are not available for...

What permissions are needed for Inventor users to use the software

When opening an assembly file In Inventor 2017,some parts would load at the origin of the component ...

When opening up a part file it does not contain the Assembly operations to show the file is modified...

When selecting All Decimals for the Measure command in Inventor 2018, it appears to be inaccurate

why the button of Insert model is gray in presentation?

April 2017

how to create scale 1 1/2” = 1’-0” in Inventor

Why can’t this part flatten or unfold?

Inventor: Copying custom Iproperties from one file to another file

Inserting a sketch symbol to a drawing view and add leader would not be incorrect

Inventor Drawing Transfer Resource Wizard does not transfer text box correctly within Title Block sw...

Inventor, Custom materials library not staying available after closing Inventor

How to copy and paste a sheet in same inventor drawing?

How to bring Inventor drawings into Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator

Clean Uninstall of Inventor 2018

Drawing dimension is not created or incorrectly created for some components

After Installing Inventor from My Account login only the 2018 core Inventor product is installed and...

After trimming frame member in an Inventor Assembly piece a part will move that is not connected

Can the center mouse button for Inventor be used or customized to have it do 3D Orbit

‘Project Geometry’ always makes an infinite line

Inventor LT 2017 does it have sheet metal capabilities?

Does Inventor supported SHX font from AutoCAD?

Inventor, View rep in a part file with workplanes off.

Autodesk Inventor: Persistent drawing view options since Inventor 2015

Get Up to Speed: Autodesk Inventor 2018

How to change text height for 3D annotation

How to constrain a drawing view with relation to sheet border or something

How to create an auxiliary view without a linear model edge?

How to export a part face in dwg or dxf format ?

How to insert a file name into drawing title block without the file name extension.

Import Mechanical Desktop 2009 files into Inventor 2018

Inventor: Standard DIN 74-b not honored when creating holes

Unable to exclude the selected components in a derived Assembly

Inventor will not start on the users computer

Inventor, How do I migrate apperances and materials in Inventor to a newer release.

Inventor, How does comparability of 2017 and 2018 work?

Inventor, Tube & Pipe Part Numbers are blank.

Trial version of Inventor installed and files are saved can a licensed version of Inventor open them

When placing sub assembly into top assembly a work planes are displayed in Inventor

When selecting Inventor 2018’s Tutorial Gallery, a window updates with the message, Connection Faile...

When will Inventor HSM Express 2018 be available

Navisworks can’t open a DWF file created by Inventor and get an Error Code: 16390

Trying set the recently used number of files for Inventor to be expanded on in the drop down from th...

After change some part’s length, the related bolted connection’s length do not change automatically.

After deleting Inventor assembly constraints parts move and displace. Is there any way to not have t...

Appearance texture not showing in model after upgrading Inventor version.

Autodesk Inventor: Long waiting time when working with threads and holes

Create a section view of an Inventor assembly for a presentation file

Error “Failed to read data from Content Center.”

How to add dimensions in isometric drawing views

How to create a new IPJ Inventor Project to control a copied branch

HSM 2018 and HSM Express 2018 for Inventor fails to load with the error “The network path was not fo...

Importing PCB Designs in Inventor for models

Inventor 2016 FEM Attempted an Unsupported Operation

Inventor Factory Assets cannot be downloaded from the cloud error states it cannot connect

Inventor Multi-Body part file ability to lock some solids from edits

Inventor Pro 2018 export in Vector Format

Inventor Professional 2017 crashes on splash screen after installation of 2017.4 update

Inventor Stress analysis result and Mash are blank.

Inventor Studio render does not honor transparent appearances in multi-body parts

Inventor Task Scheduler is not allowed to migrate library files

Inventor, Factory assets causing Inventor to halt.

Inventor, Is cloud rendering animations possible.

Inventor, When opening an assembly file that was a stp file it gets missing links warning.

Inventor: Convert content center part to common part

Inventor: Failed to load material library and no materials are shown in the browser

Inventor: Formulas in paramaters are lost after publishing iPart to Content Center

Inventor: iDrop functionallity not working in Inventor 2017 and later

Inventor: Inventor does not find standard texture used in standard materials

Inventor: Inventor wants to save many parts in assembly after deleting components

Inventor: Move face has problems with derived weldment

Inventor: Not possible to save appearance override of faces and features to design view in part file

Inventor: Propagate item number override from subassemblies to parent assembly

Inventor: Wiring harness is not shown in 2D drawing

Inventor: Work plane not selectable when edit solid body

Inventor: Wrong property is created in 3D-PDF

Is there Match properties capabilities for Inventor IDW

Large Assembly Files Using Inventor AnyCAD - Performance Issues:

Mass Properties not updating for main assembly

Open the JT file which exported by Inventor 2018 export by Tetra4D Converter get wrong result.

Inventor, Not all Tubing sizes are showing up in the Tube & Pipe styles

Registration message when using Inventor and Inventor View

Sheet metal bend and tangent lines are drawn in a continuous line in an exported AutoCAD DWG file

Support for opening Inventor files through a VPN connection over distances over a few miles

Trouble Patterning Flexible Inventor Assembly as component pattern

Unexpected network traffic is seen from Inventor with it loaded with no open files

Unresolved link dialog box does not show up in Inventor 2017

User has new machine with the Vault workspace copied form old machine and in Inventor the Vault stat...

Weldments do not make good iAssemblies.

March 2017

How to refresh Standard Part components from the Content Center

Convert Inventor sheet metal part to regular part, can this be done?
Custom Inventor Content Center Family not pulling the custom name to the IProperties description
Inventor Error Cant Start Print Job when trying to print from IDW or DWG file
Inventor Sheet metal part when dimension in the the drawing is showing value different than in the m... 

Inventor: Files are checked out to another user 
Inventor, Can’t DXF out files from Inventor.
Inventor, File with iLogic crashes Inventor.
Inventor, Frame Generator parts not lisitng the same as other Content Center parts.
Inventor, Need to sub indent text as you would bullet points in Word. 

Inventor: Visibility of origin plane and axis not stored in design view
What to do when message “…different Level of Detail representation is being edited” appears

How move the iLogic Global Forms to the network
The dimension in the drawing is different than the dimension in the Inventor part or assembly 

System requirements for Autodesk Inventor 2018
System requirements for Autodesk Inventor LT 2018

Inventor: Error message when using external rules 
Inventor, Can’t edit dimensions in a sketch
Inventor, DXF created from Inventor add-in doesn’t work when import to plasma cutter
Inventor, Why can the flanges be defined in different directions and not be trim to bend. 

Inventor: Thread descriptionn field in content center library is empty after migrate library 

Are Inventor Service Pack Accumulative?
Slow Inventor Performance with opening IDW DWG files 
Inventor 2017 Embedded Tutorials Videos are not working

Ability to create constraints under a specific Positional Representation instead of the need at mast...
How to convert Inventor Assembly file to a multi body part file
Inventor 2017 Dynamic Simulation Training Manual 

Inventor, Can’t select correct model face.
Inventor, Coil command not working
Inventor, Is there a way to change a content center part to a standard part? 

User reported that Inventor 2017 FEA gave the following error:   “Error processing the mesh”
Wants the ability to have Inventor Save to Library location
What version of .NET is expected to be shipping with Inventor 2018 

User isn’t able to make a folder, within the favorites folder in the Asset browse in Inventor 2016’s...

Drawing files have embedded images that are causing Inventor drawing to be much larger than needed

ISOCP Font issue with export to PDF in Inventor 

Frame Generator does not see the newly published content to be used within the Drop Down menu for se...
Inventor 2017 opens slowly after installing R3.1 update
Inventor representing shaded cylinders in a faceted surface and not smoothly
Inventor UI Browser got turned off. How to turn it back on?
Inventors Ribbon is docked on the Right side and not the normal Top of Inventor Screen.
Trouble creating Flange on sheet Metal Part Errors and doesn’t compute 

How to add model parameters in Inventor drawing title block 

Replacing Family Template in Content Center plus adding to the table 

HSMWorks or HSMXpress will not load in Solidworks
Inventor part list is showing sub assemblies and not the parts
Inventor View take much longer to open than Inventor does for assemblies with many parts

February 2017

Deleting all sketching constraints from an Inventor file
Reversing the Mouse scroll in Inventor 

When trying to Install Inventor HSM 2017, an error message is presented that Inventor LT 2014 needed... 

If a part file is save with 5 axis HSM tool paths, will a HSM version that does not support 5 axis p...
User is not able to access CC (Content Center) part from within a IPT (part file)

Users reported that they can’t access more than 14 of his 18 Inventor licenses

Inventor: Cannot check-in Inventor DWG to Vault due to missing image reference
Inventor: Error Message “Unable to create component” when place part from Content Center 

I asked the question in the forum and got no real answers. Please review the thread
Inventor 2017 iLogic Copy Design is crashing Inventor when selecting files
Inventor 2017 is showing applet config xml error and is unable to open documents

Cannot connect to internet message when attempting to start Inventor HSM

Can Copy Properties command be used on hatches in Inventor Drawing environment?
Can I disable Image Based Lighting (IBL) in Inventor Studio environment?
Center Mark style settings are not being honored
Error: An existing part file with the same name but belonging to another family has been found in th...
Inventor 2017: Can mesh objects be shown in a drawing view? 
How to update styles of multiple drawings at once?
Unable to override appearance of body in assembly shrinkwrap substitute 

Autodesk Inventor: How to set up the unit in the physical tab of the material editor of Inventor
Incorrect COG representation in drawing of assemblies using LOD 

How to create a solid hatch in Inventor 2017
Inventor 2017: The document you are attempting to update is newer than your version of Inventor supp... 
Cannot open the Autodesk Inventor files out from Autodesk Vault Office Client 

Adding a custom 3D Printer to Inventor
Inventor: Error Message incomplete Design Data folder 

Inventor, Bolted connection has no hardware available.
Inventor: How to select multiple storyboards in autodesk inventor 2017 ipn file - Publish to Video 
How to activate an Inventor trial 

Inventor 2016 does not open when starting from Productstream Professional

Comma is added in a custom iProperty in BOM

Inventor View: Double click in Explorer does not open Inventor files and file icons are wrong 

Inventor, Flexible tube color override not holding when file is saved and reopened.

Inventor: Can Inventor export a DXF file format.

Inventor: Drawing missing component in views 

Inventor - Inventor threads and 3D Printers

Inventor: Finding the Inventor Customization Manual 

Can’t export IDW to PDF errors on font creation

Cannot select a an interior closed area of sketch profile to extrude only in Inventor 

Autodesk Inventor is slow when importing AutoCAD DWG 

Converting to roundabout from intersection or creation of new roundabout does not work

Cannot read NGC file 

Create an Acad DWG file from a sliced plane that cuts through the Inventor assembly

How to fix Inventor Assembly Constraint errors after update is done

How to verify a network version of Inventor Professional is installed

In an Inventor Assembly with a machining extrusion it is not including some part files to be cut awa...

Inventor IDW Format and Titleblock are rotated upside down 

January 2017

Inventor, Factory Design Suite Cloud Assets remain unavailable

Inventor/AutoCD, Moving to Factory collection is is better to use wblock or xref for asset creation. 

How to create a helix with variable pitch by equation curve 

Inventor installed form Inventor HSM will not start.

How to create a mold cavity using derive component with Inventor

Opening a multi-part STP file creates all of parts as sheet metal part 

CAM tab is not showing up in Inventor