Automatic rotation lock for content center files

[A.Hoeveler]

It would be helpfull if the rotation of inserted screws, washers, nuts, etc. is automatically locked or if there is a pop up where you can decide yes or no.

[johan.degreef]

Is there "another way" of contraining CC parts vs normal parts? There is already a fix rotation option in the constrain dialog box?

[joshv_marcrest]

EDIT 14 Dec 2022: the idea has been accepted & implemented by the Inventor dev team, and there is a canonical process. The below remains for historical reference.

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@johan.degreef Yes, you can use iMates to constrain many CC parts. Especially fasteners like screws/washers/nuts have 'Insert' iMates pre-defined; to constrain these in the assembly context, select the part you wish to constrain -- one (or several) iMate glyphs (grey circles with constraint-type icons) will display overlaid on the part. On your keyboard, press and hold the Alter/Alt key, then click on one of the glyphs you wish to constrain with and drag to an appropriate reference on another component. 

See screencast; https://autode.sk/3qS1xZt

I understand @A.Hoeveler is requesting some way to choose a default behaviour where the Insert iMate is rotation-locked. Currently, the only way to accomplish this is to individually edit each constraint after it's created. (I have a personal macro that automates the right-click > Edit > click checkbox > Apply > move mouse back to starting location; but even that macro takes time, and is slow when I'm trying to lock rotation on hundreds of fasteners. Here's the code [provided as-is; it might be useful for you, or it might not 😐]

#SingleInstance
!r::
	SetMouseDelay, 20
	SetKeyDelay, 20
	MouseGetPos, start_x, start_y
	Click, right
	Sleep, 90
	Send e
	WinWaitActive, Edit Constraint
	Click, 126, 175
	Click, 116, 214
	WinWaitActive, Autodesk Inventor Professional 2021
	MouseMove, start_x, start_y
return

It uses AutoHotKey as the scripting engine. Here's a screen recording of what it looks like in practice -- all I'm doing is hovering over the next constraint and pressing Alt+R: https://autode.sk/2OAXW4M)

[Yijiang.Cai]

Many thanks for you posting the idea, and tracked as [INVGEN-61881].

[dan_szymanski]

This idea has been implemented within Autodesk Inventor 2023.2. Please review the Inventor 2023.2 What's New article here, for more information regarding how to place content and immediately lock its rotation. Special thanks to everyone who cast a vote for it.