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Constraint flip button

Constraint flip button

I'd like there to be a Flip option during the Mate/Flush command. I know I should pay more attention to the order I pick them in, but I often don't. So instead of Cancel and do it again, or enter a negative value, a simple Flip Mates button would be great.

 

 

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23 Comments
jburhite
Explorer

@dan_szymanski

I see the status has been "Implemented" but I'm using Inventor Professional 2023 and don't see a way to do this.

dan_szymanski
Autodesk
Status changed to: Gathering Support

My sincere apologies @jburhite & @blandb.

This idea was incorrectly set as implemented. We did make a change in Autodesk Inventor 2019 involving Axis to Axis constraints where we introduced three solution options (opposed, aligned or undirected). As such I have set the status of this Idea to "Gathering Support". Again, I am really sorry about this.

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teyink
Participant

I was disappointed 4 years ago, when we upgraded from Inventor 2013 to the latest 2019, with one of the reasons being, we though this issue was resolved.  Disappointed more, that 4 years later, Inventor is still forcing us to enter negative values that end up in charts for iAssemblies.  Mate constraint should have a similar option to the Axis to Axis constraint, which you added in 2019, so that negative values are not required.

 

In Autodesk's own MDT (Mechanical Desktop) program, in the mate constraint, there was the option to "Flip" directions of the constraint.

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