Part doesn't insert into drawing

[Vagulus]

I have a part from which I wish to create a drawing.  I pull up a drawing from the template; go to 'Place Views --> Base'; move the cursor onto the drawing area - and nothing happens!

What would be stopping the part appearing in the drawing?

[-niels- · Accepted solution]

No issues here:

I'm using IV2018.1

From what i could tell you don't have the .1 update yet, maybe that could help.

[Fouad-l · Accepted solution]

All works fine here.

Could you please tell us a little bit more about your inventor version and workstation.

[Vagulus]

I can't follow why version would matter because I have done dozens of drawings since upgrading to 2018 and not had this problem.

My machine is Intel QuadCore i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 32 GB RAM, running MS Windows 10 Home on an MSI B75MA-P45 motherboard.
It was assembled by Net Solution Computers of Morley, Western Australia, and has a SAMSUNG U28D590D VDU driven by an NVIDIA QUADRO K620 Video Card and RealTek High Definition Audio.
I have Windows Defender as Anti-virus with Firefox and Skype running in the background.

[salariua]

Can you see your file in the base view window dialog? If the file is not open (in memory) then Inventor won’t select the file automatically for you.

I am pretty sure that’s not the case here but can you confirm this for us please?

[Vagulus]

I can see it here

and here

but I don't know anything about a 'base view window dialog'.  How do I find that?

[salariua · Accepted solution]

How do you place a model in a drawing?

open the drawing, click the base view icon and browser for your part if the part is not open (in memory) already.

if you can't see a base view window dialog that might be because it opens off-screen, like if you changed from dual monitor to single monitor or from docking station to laptop only.

[Vagulus · Accepted solution]

Would you believe it?  I just pulled up a drawing, I clicked on Place Views --> Base' like always and

If Inventor was a Microsoft product I would just accept this as being temperamental.  I thought Autodesk was different ;}

Thanks folks.  It seems to have cleared up.