Drawing - Intersection points!!!

[Anonymous]

Hi, 

I think the way that we have to dimension to intersection points is far too painfull.

I've used various 3D modeling packages and this small feature really grinds on me within Inventor. I tried multiple times today to dimension between two intersection points.

I don't know if any of you have used the likes of solidworks before, but they make the feature so easy.... you simply highlight both the lines and then click "point" to create a workpoint and it automatically draws in the intersection which is then a feature within the drawing which fully dimensionable... 

Please change this! 🙂 

[NSBowser]

I'd like to be able to place a drawing point (Annotate -> Symbols -> CenterMark) at the location of an intersection. This could use the same technique as when connecting a drawing dimension to an intersection (pick line 1, select intersection from menu, pick line 2) you could place a point on that intersection. Once that point is there, as Matt is saying,  you could reuse that point for dimensioning or any other tasks. I hate having to do dimension intersections for the same point over and over again. The intersection tool is already a little cumbersome, so having to use it half a dozen times or more for the same point is terribly inefficient.

Thanks!!

[warren_ramsdale]

Agreed... as it's impossible to use "Ordinate set" dimensions to dimension to an intersection. Being able to add a "Virtual intersection point" would be extremely useful.

something like this mockup...

[ParametricModel]

The 2025 work flow seems to be, create drawing view, create sketch, project geometry click lines you want the corner for), right click OK. Click point (sketch point), right click -> point snaps -> apparent intersections. click point.

You have to do this for each corner.

EDIT: I can't seem to project or get the point to appear outside of the sketch 😞

[Dave_WhiteStar]

Commenting on the post by Parametric Model Explorer:  I found that if I finish the sketch after only clicking points, I cannot dimension to the points in the drawing.  I have to add lines from the points in order to dimension to those points after exiting sketch mode.