When working with larger Inventor assemblies or parts, the Design Doctor often reports multiple instances of the same issue.
For example, several parameters may have lost their export status and need to be marked for export again. Currently, each issue has to be processed individually, even when the same corrective action needs to be applied to all affected items.
This makes the repair process unnecessarily repetitive and time-consuming.
Suggested ImprovementAllow users to select multiple Design Doctor entries and perform the same repair action on all selected items at once.
Examples:
- Mark multiple parameters as Export
- Remove export status from multiple parameters
- Accept multiple warnings
- Apply the same repair action to several identical issues simultaneously
Benefits- Significant reduction of repetitive clicks
- Faster resolution of large numbers of identical errors
- Improved usability for larger projects
- Better consistency when repairing multiple affected objects
Additional Context
The Design Doctor has been the subject of numerous Inventor Idea requests over many years, indicating that users see significant potential for improvement in this area.
Examples from the Inventor Ideas forum include:
Design Doctor improvements
- Dockable Design Doctor window
- Filtering and search capabilities
- Sortable error lists
- Better navigation to affected features
- Error classifications (Error / Warning / Information)
- Vault integration
- API support
Inventor Drawing Design Doctor
- Direct indication of the affected drawing sheet
- Navigation to the exact sheet containing the issue
Model States: Inventor Does Not Detect Build Errors in Different Model States
- Validation of all Model States
- Detection and reporting of state-specific errors
Blue Information Icon Doesn't Flag Design Doctor Issues
- Improved detection of broken references
- Better visibility of unresolved Frame Generator issues
My request focuses specifically on multi-selection and batch processing of Design Doctor issues, but the large number of existing Design Doctor-related Idea Station posts suggests that the tool would benefit from a broader modernization effort.
