im bouncing back and forth between autocad and inventor and was wondering
in autocad theres a option to make your leader a spline. does that option exist in inventor?
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no not directly.. what are you doing that you need splined leader lines?
Leader lines can be composed of multiple straight line segments though that could be used to wrap in and around your drawing.
I haven't tried it, but could this be accomplished with a Sketched Symbol?
@Anonymous wrote:
I haven't tried it, but could this be accomplished with a Sketched Symbol?
Yeah there are a few ways to accomplish it but nothing like an option in the styles leader section for "convert multiline leader segments to splines"
@rclement wrote:
would u mind sharing the proceedure. i know in autocad in options for spline leader
What we were trying to say is that NO....there is no option for spline leaders like there is in Autocad.
But you could possibly "fake" it by not having a leader and using just a drawn spline/text,etc.. in just a regular sketch or some tricks with a sketched symbol as a workaround. But if you have to do this more than a few times its going to be more work that its worth.. IMO..
Personally...I'd just use the regular leader tool and be happy with multiple straight segments..
@rclement wrote:
i understand not like autocad but previously you said can be done another way
yeah.. create a sketch...sketch a spline on the idw.. place some text at the end of it..
Expand the Drawing Resources and right click on Sketched Symbols and create new sketched symbol.
You can tie in a Prompted Entry or Parameter to this and then use whenever needed. (put it in your template)
or
just create a sketch in the view if this is a one-time need.
Straight leaders are not nearly as easy to follow in a complex drawing with many object/dimension lines. Back in manual drafting, straight leaders were rare. Inventor did themselves no favor by dumping a lot of customization that was available in AutoCAD. Until they bring it back, they will always be chasing SolidWorks. Any decent, skilled draftsman would use splined/curved over straight. It seems these days too many non-draftsmen/designers are just complacent with poorly written software and complain when the shortfalls are pointed out.
@mcgyvr wrote:
no not directly.. what are you doing that you need splined leader lines?
Leader lines can be composed of multiple straight line segments though that could be used to wrap in and around your drawing.
35 years in the machine design industry, spanning drafting board, Microstation and Inventor, and I have never used a spline leader nor been asked to. I think it depends very much on what kind of drafting one is doing and who is using the resultant drawings.
As an aside, Inventor didn't "dump a lot of customization that was available in AutoCAD"; Inventor was created from scratch, if I understood correctly. There is nothing of AutoCAD in it.
Sam B
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@SBix26 wrote:
35 years in the machine design industry, spanning drafting board, Microstation and Inventor, and I have never used a spline leader nor been asked to. I think it depends very much on what kind of drafting one is doing and who is using the resultant drawings.
As an aside, Inventor didn't "dump a lot of customization that was available in AutoCAD"; Inventor was created from scratch, if I understood correctly. There is nothing of AutoCAD in it.
Sam B
Inventor Pro 2019.3 | Windows 7 SP1
You made my point perfectly.
@kimK7B54 wrote:
You made my point perfectly.
Well, I must not be communicating very well, because my intent was to refute two of your points:
1. "Back in manual drafting, straight leaders were rare." "Any decent, skilled draftsman would use splined/curved over straight." I've never used them or been asked to use them; I have only rarely even seen them; I consider myself a decent and skilled drafter.
2. "Inventor did themselves no favor by dumping a lot of customization that was available in AutoCAD." This implies that Inventor was somehow a takeoff from AutoCAD, which was not the case. AutoCAD is for any kind of engineering drawing; Inventor is intended for the machine design industry, where spline leaders are rare (in my experience in the machine design industry in the US).
I'm sure that spline leaders would be useful for some users, but your implication that Autodesk really dropped the ball here needed some correction, I think.
Sam B
Inventor Pro 2019.3 | Windows 7 SP1
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