Loads and Constraints become unselectable in Stress Analysis

[r_mignault]

Hi everyone,

In Inventor Stress Analysis, I sometimes lose the ability to select anything under the Loads or Constraints sections in the Model Browser. Right-clicking gives only the generic context menu, while other sections like Bodies, Materials, Contacts, Mesh, and Results still work normally.

Double-Clicking in the model tree or clicking in the graphics window doesn’t fix it — it seems the browser and model get out of sync. Restarting Inventor restores functionality, and sometimes it comes back on its own, but I haven’t found a cause or pattern.

Has anyone else seen this or found a way to refresh the Stress Analysis environment without restarting Inventor?

 

System Information: Inventor 2025.3.2, Windows 11

Thanks!

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! If you have Data Exchange Add-In loaded, please unload it when you need to edit Inventor files. There are known issues that are caused by the Add-In. Another possibility is the browser panel getting out-of-sync. The right-click context menu shown in the picture should be in Model tab, not Analysis tab.

Many thanks!

[r_mignault]

Thank you for your insights.

Data Exchange is not required and is not installed; at least, I can't find it in the Add-ins Manager.

I'm unsure where to find information about restoring the browser when out of sync. I did some googling without finding much help.

If I get this issue again, I'll report back.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Please share the ipt file that exhibits the behavior here. It looks like a browser panel corruption to me.

Many thanks!