CTRL AUTO Scroll 2023

[mhall55ULE]

Evidently, the developers don't use the product at all. There was a request for an auto-scroll function that automatically highlighted a part or assembly in the model tree when selected. This wasn't just to find a part in the tree. That could be done with Find in Browser. It was to allow the selection of features/geometry during operations. EX. origin planes of two parts. In other words, the main reason for the auto-scroll feature is to highlight a part after another part has been selected. This still isn’t possible in Inventor. It should also work for features in part files as well. 

[Yijiang.Cai]

It has been implemented in Inventor 2023.2, and the autoscroll option is provided. Please see the attached image.

[aabiskar.basyal]

@Yijiang.Cai 

Can we also introduce the functionality to automatically expand the part in the browser tree to show the origin plane when a part is selected in the window? Currently, if a part is sheet metal, the origin planes are hidden beneath several layers, and it’s time-consuming to expand the folders to access the origin plane.

Additionally, can we add another feature where, while an origin plane of a part is selected in the browser and if CTRL is held down, selecting another part in the window automatically navigates the browser to this newly selected part with its origin plane expanded? Implementing this change would greatly streamline the process of constraining using origin planes.

[Yijiang.Cai]

@aabiskar.basyal the similar idea about your request has been posted, and please vote it. Many thanks!

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/display-component-origin-planes-on-mouseover-when-hold...