Stop auto rotate view when creating sketch

[smilinger]

When creating a new sketch, Inventor will automatically turn on the visibility of the origin workplanes and rotate the view orientation to this:

This is annoying, I like the workplane visibility to turn on but I don't want it to rotate, is there any way I can stop this?

[smokes2998]

Nope it is an issue with the kernel Catia does it as well

[mclzc]

I really hate this auto-rotate behavior.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! If you are bothered by the behavior, please take a look at post#16. There are ways to suppress the behavior.

Many thanks!

[Anonymous]

anyone got this issue solve... I feel the same because always deal with a lot of complex in assembly edit part . The auto rotate should be user disable. The benefit auto rotate is for only new user... after become expert assembly he/she feel the same.

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@johnsonshiue wrote:

Hi! If you are bothered by the behavior, please take a look at post#16. There are ways to suppress the behavior.

Many thanks!

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[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Please read post#6 in this thread. There is no option to suppress the behavior. You will need to pre-select a workplane or a face and then click Create 2D Sketch button. Or, there is at least one visible plane to select for creating a 2D Sketch.

Change your standard temple and make at least one origin plane visible. Next time when you create a new part, the view will not rotate.

Many thanks!

[IgorMir]

In short - it is an example of another "improvement" no one ever asked for! 

The way I  deal with it is - New file --> Press F6 (that gets the screen in 3D view)--> go to Origin folder --> select the Origin Plan I want the first sketch to be placed on--> start a new sketch.

In the past if you select New Sketch - the widow didn't rotate. Now it does and the orientation is not what the Home View is set for. That's what create anxiety to some users. Maybe,even, for most of them.

Cheers,

Igor.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi Igor,

I cannot count how many times I have explained this behavior to the users ever since it was introduced. This particular enhancement was done back in the days that Data Analytics and User Research were not our primary focus. It was a top-down driven initiative. Regardless, it does make sense for non-CAD users or somebody just starts using Inventor without much MCAD background. However, I do understand the behavior offending some professional users.

We have been investigating a solution to make the workflow nicer. There are some ideas but we have not yet implemented them. I will work with the project team and see what we can do.

Many thanks!

[IgorMir]

Hi Johnson;

Rest assured that any of criticising comments of mine are never aimed at you personally. I hold a great deal of respect to the efforts you put into the Inventor community. But here is a problem with it. Namely - you being the forerunner in the community will inevitably get some flame upon yourself. That always happen to anyone, who does something! 🙂

Anyway, I still feel that the programming resources are getting misplaced every now and than in Inventor team. You and I had discussed all of that numerous times too. I hope - that unwanted behaviour with rotating the window upon creating a new sketch will get addressed eventually. Because it is just a small nuisance, which does absolutely zero to productivity of the Inventor user. It irritates the user instead. It would be interesting to get some statistic - how many times an average user swears at the screen when it rotates as has been discussed.

Here is one more little quirk. Open a file in Inventor (or create a new one) and to be able to work on it you have to click somewhere on a screen. Otherwise - the screen is in a sleep mode. Pressing F6, for example, doesn't do anything, unless I click on the screen first. After that first click - everything gets activated. What gives? 

Cheers,

Igor.

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@johnsonshiue wrote:

Hi Igor,

I cannot count how many times I have explained this behavior to the users ever since it was introduced. This particular enhancement was done back in the days that Data Analytics and User Research were not our primary focus. It was a top-down driven initiative. Regardless, it does make sense for non-CAD users or somebody just starts using Inventor without much MCAD background. However, I do understand the behavior offending some professional users.

We have been investigating a solution to make the workflow nicer. There are some ideas but we have not yet implemented them. I will work with the project team and see what we can do.

Many thanks!

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[SBix26]

@johnsonshiue I like it the way it works now: it happens to match my templates' Home orientation.  I can easily understand the frustration of those for whom that is not the case, however.

I see quite a few complaints in this forum about that initial display of origin planes when creating the first sketch.  Are these complaints mostly because it doesn't match the Home orientation, or are there other reasons?

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Sam B
Inventor Pro 2020.1 | Windows 7 SP1
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[IgorMir]

Hi Sam;

For me it is because it requires extra step to get what I want. Some may argue that it is only one or two more clicks only. But for me - it is illogical implementation of programming. While trying to achieve the "simplicity" working with the software.

Best Regards,

Igor.

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@SBix26 wrote:

@johnsonshiue I like it the way it works now: it happens to match my templates' Home orientation.  I can easily understand the frustration of those for whom that is not the case, however.

I see quite a few complaints in this forum about that initial display of origin planes when creating the first sketch.  Are these complaints mostly because it doesn't match the Home orientation, or are there other reasons?

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Sam B
Inventor Pro 2020.1 | Windows 7 SP1
LinkedIn

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[Anonymous]

Yes, that true. It is because it doesn't match my Home orientation view ( isometric ) that I already change from default that I think is not.

[Anonymous]

Thank for the advice... I think the way to select first the origin plane from origin folder then start new sketch is enough for me... I will make it a normal practice when draw new part. 

[Bill_Bogan2]

In the mean time, while this is investigated and prioritized, make sure these settings are unchecked:

On the Application Options > Sketch tab.

[tomasz.sztejka]

Solves nothing during editing of adaptive part when creating a sequence of adaptive sketches. Even "select faces" is chosen I can't select face from other part. The only counter-intuitive solution is to make some work-plane visible.... even tough it is not something You are going to sketch on.

[lrambo]

Thank You Mark! A simple solution to something people try to come up with super complicated remedies for.  I saw one guy actually trying to write code for it. 

[Operaen]

Press F5

it rotates back to the last position before you presses start sketch.

[arthur_morse7LAYV]

I hate that feature of Inventor. LEAVE the view where it is. I'm tired of my model changing the view to an end of the part I'm no where even close to sketching on. If I'm sketching on the left side of the part, I don't Inventor changing the view so I can't even see where I'm drawing. I want it to stay where I put it when I clicked on "Create new sketch" or used the shortcut key.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! The only way to stop the auto-Iso view behavior on creating a new sketch in an empty part is to do the following.

Either preselect a workplane or there is at least one visible origin plane.

You may want to open the template files (iam and ipt) and make origin planes visible. After that, the auto-rotate behavior will not happen when you create a new sketch.

Many thanks!

[arthur_morse7LAYV]

I have the plane preselected. I'm talking about starting a drawing on one end of an object/component and the program moves the view from the end I want to draw on to whatever it wants, usually to a point where I can't see where I want the sketch. Same thing when I finish a drawing and want to extrude. As soon as I click on "Finish" the drawing moves to an iso vew. If I wanted an iso view, I would have selected one. I want the program to do what I want, not what it wants or some programmer wants. Same thing with view styles. If I make it shaded with edges, it should stay that way until I change it. Same thing with plane visibility. If I turn off the visibilty on a plane, it should stay off until I or another drafter turn it back on.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi Arthur,

Then that behavior is controlled by Look At option. Go to Tools -> App Options -> Sketch -> "Look at sketch plane on edit or creation" -> uncheck both boxes.

Many thanks!