Like in SolidWorks, simply double-clicking on a part or feature should open and display the main sketch used to create it. This would allow the sketch to be edited directly within the assembly environment, making design changes much faster and more efficient. Show More

Can i do a 3D pattern of a 2d skecth? Would it be a god improvment if Inventor has that otpion? Show More

Currently, the Mark and Split features in Autodesk Inventor Professional 2026 do not support Rectangular Pattern or Circular Pattern (Polar Pattern) directly. At the moment, users must create the pattern at the sketch level first and then apply the feature. While this workaround is functional, it adds unnecessary steps and reduces workflow efficiency, especially when design changes are required later. Suggested Enhancement:Enable the Mark and Split commands to be patterned directly using the standard Rectangular Pattern and Circular Pattern feature tools, similar to other Inventor features. Benefits: Faster and more efficient modeling workflows Reduced dependency on complex sketch patterns Easier design modifications and maintenance Improved feature tree organization and readability Consistent behavior with other Inventor features This enhancement would provide greater flexibility and help users create repetitive mark and split operations more efficiently. Show More

It is absolutely mind-blowing and deeply frustrating how complicated it is to center an object in Inventor.   Look at Rhino: you select the whole object, the software automatically knows its geometric center, you - dont even have to - type "Move", snap it to 0,0,0 in literally two clicks, and you are done in any viewport. It takes literally 3 seconds. In Rhino, you also have a permanent OSNAP bar where Midpoint, Center, and Quadrant, etc. snaps can always be activated and the whole thing is totally intuitive.   Meanwhile in Inventor: If you have an object and simply want to move its entire geometric center to the global origin, you have to waste ages messing around with custom work planes, Direct Edit, or tedious Mate/Flush assembly constraints. You cannot just select the whole thing and drop it into the center. It makes absolutely no sense, kills the workflow, and I literally gave up and closed the software because of this.   Not to mention, the entire User Interface looks and feels like it hasn't been updated since 2002. It is outdated, clunky, and completely anti-user. Please implement at least a simple "Align Geometric Center to Origin" button for objects, and completely overhaul the snapping system to be permanently visible. Stop making basic geometry placement a nightmare. Show More

When working in a sketch with multiple lines constrained at the same point it can be difficult or impossible to delete the constraint you want to. In the example below I'd like to delete the constraint for the green line and there is a 25% chance I'll delete the correct one. My idea is to have the ability to show all constraints for a single line by selecting a line, right clicking, and choosing Show All Constraints for Selected. The command Delete Coincident Constraint when you right click on a line sounds good, but it appears to delete the newest constraint and is not affected by which line you click on. If this command could be changed to delete the Coincident constraint affecting the line clicked on that would also be an improvement. Show More

When we try to bends a part 360 degrees with the wright values we sometimes a gap between opposite edges, but you do this easily in 3ds max.  Show More

Trying to cut a hole in a part from within an assembly is a nightmare. This is required, because there are times modification of parts in assemblies is physically necessary during the process of manufacture. The location of these features may be at strange alignments that are picked up from other parts or assemblies (ie; process of spotting a hole ).  Inventor does not allow this because it does not permit 3D Sketches in assemblies & does not allow geometry projection in the assembly.  This needs to be looked into. Show More

Our engineering team uses Inventor Drawings (IDW) to create spare parts catalogs and service manuals.   Instead of creating hundreds of individual drawings, we maintain a single IDW containing multiple sheets, where each sheet represents a different section of the same assembly (for example: Wheels, Axles, Scale System, Hydraulic System, etc.). Each sheet contains: 1- An exploded view of a specific section. 2- Balloons for the components shown in that section. 3- A filtered Parts List showing only the relevant items for that sheet.   This workflow works well, except for one major limitation. Current behavior All Parts Lists referencing the same assembly share the same Item Numbers. As a result, modifying or renumbering one Parts List affects every other sheet referencing the same assembly.   For example: Sheet 1 – Wheels 1 Wheel Assembly 2 Wheel Hardware 3 Stud 4 Nut   Sheet 2 – Scale System 15 Load Cell 16 Mounting Plate 17 Hardware Kit   If we reorganize or update the Parts List on Sheet 2, the balloons and numbering on Sheet 1 may also change because both sheets are linked to the same BOM. Why this is a problem? 1- Spare parts catalogs are living documents. 2- Over time we frequently: - Add new pages. - Insert new sections. - Add or remove hardware. - Move sections to improve the manual. - Reuse the same hardware across multiple exploded views.   There is currently no practical way to maintain independent numbering for each sheet while still preserving associative balloons and Parts Lists.   - Using separate assemblies is often not possible because the same hardware legitimately appears on multiple pages.   - Using static tables removes associativity and automatic updates. Keeping a single global Parts List becomes increasingly difficult to maintain as the catalog grows.   Requested enhancement   - Please consider adding an option allowing a Parts List to maintain its own local Item Numbers independently from other Parts Lists referencing the same assembly.   For example: ☑ Local Item Numbering ☐ Use Assembly BOM Item Numbers   The Parts List and balloons on that sheet would remain synchronized with each other, but would no longer renumber other sheets. Benefits This would greatly improve Inventor for users creating: Spare Parts Catalogs Service Manuals Technical Documentation Illustrated Parts Books Assembly Manuals with multiple exploded views without affecting the existing BOM workflow used for manufacturing drawings.   Additional comments   We have investigated several alternatives, including: 1- Multiple subassemblies 2- Separate drawings 3- Static Parts Lists 4- Shared global BOMs   However, none of these approaches provide independent sheet numbering while preserving associativity between the assembly, balloons, and Parts Lists.   An optional per-Parts List numbering mode would solve this limitation while remaining fully backward compatible with existing workflows. Example...   Sheet 1 1- assembly A 2- assembly B 3- hardware A 4- hardware B ↓ Sheet 2 1- assembly C 3- Hardware A 4- assembly D 1- assembly A ↓ Update Sheet 2 so it can be in the correct order 1,2,3, and 4 ↓ Sheet 1 4- assembly A 2- assembly B 2- hardware A 4 - hardware B     Show More

Ich würde es bei der Fehlersuche hilfreich finden, wenn es in der Skizzenumgebung eine Liste aller Abhängikeiten (und auch Maße) geben würde, wie es diese in der Baugruppenumgebung gibt. zum Hintergrund: Ich erzeuge Baugruppen mit Mastermodelliereung, d.h. ich habe eine Masterdatei (ipt) in der mehrere Skizzen enthalten sind, die die Geometrie aller Bauteiler dieser Baugruppe definieren. Dabei entstehen oft sehr umfangreiche Skizzen, die leider auch Fehler anfällig sind. Hin und wieder kommt es vor, dass Skizzen ungewollt überbestimmt werden (-2 Bemaßungen erforderlich).     I think it would be helpful for troubleshooting if there were a list of all constraints (and dimensions) in the sketch browser, just as there is in the assembly browser.   Background: I create assemblies using master modelling, i.e. I have a master file (ipt) containing several sketches that define the geometry of all components in this assembly. This often results in very extensive sketches, which are unfortunately also prone to errors. Every now and then, sketches become unintentionally overdetermined (-2 dimensions required). Show More

When a user is creating a new sketch using the line tool, having an option to adjust the time the mouse button is held down before it triggers the create of an arc would be great. And/Or the option to turn it off. This could be on the sketch tab of the application options. Similar to the "Selection" on the "General Tab" Show More

When a dimension is used as an input for another dimension (e.g. d2 = d1 / 2) there is no warning that an "orphaned dimension" will be created if the original dimension (e.g. d1) is deleted.   It would be really useful if a dialogue popped up to warn that the dimension deleted is being used as an input to another dimension.   Something like: "The dimension being deleted is being used by dimensions:    d1, d2, d3   Are you sure you want to delete the dimension?   An orphaned dimension parameter will be created if you go ahead with this action. "   Show More

New product development. These commands will greatly help us finalize our projects! Modernize Show More

Hi, I have found when in a part sketch if I am placing the same geometry in different places I will usually go ctrl c ctrl v and it will create new dimensions and parameters for them, often I want them to be the same as the original. I propose that in the copy dialogue a tick box be added to derive dimensions or the dimension get replaced with an equal constraint to the original line. The deriving parameters seems like it would be more user friendly so you can easily change a dimension if you want to make it mostly the same but different in one dimension. So in the screen shot with dimension derived ticked the copy for d53 would have d<whatever the new dimension is> = d53 rather than 12mm. This would also be useful for if clipboard is ticked you could then paste it in a new sketch with the parameters driven.     Show More

Important for developing early studies! I miss this option! Show More

Hi everyone, Currently in Inventor drawings, the only way to change units for a specific Drawing View is via Dimension Style (Edit View → Dimension Style). So if one view needs to be shown in meters or inches, separate styles (mm / m / inch) have to be created and switched between views. This feels unnecessarily complex, especially compared to modeling, where display units can be changed directly in Document Settings → Units without styles or duplication. It would be more logical if units were a property of the Drawing View itself, for example: Units in View properties or a quick mm / m / inch switch in the view right-click menu Right now, a simple unit change requires managing styles, which clutters the Styles library and complicates drawing workflows. This change would be very convenient and useful in everyday drawing work.   Show More

There might be a need for some components in assembly (tape, wires etc) which don't need to be 3D modelled, but can be added as virtual components. These components can be added as simple sketch elements to drawing views, but it is not possible to link a balloon to such a virtual component and attach its leader to a sketch element. Please add functionality of linking balloons to virtual components and more flexible leader attachment, so they can be renumbered automatically later. Show More

It would be amazing if you could window select solids when cutting with an extrusion.  I'm often having to click many times to select up to 100 solids, and it would be far easier to be able to window select them.  You can window select to remove solids/components when simplifying, but not when cutting with an extrusion? Show More

We work in soft metric, inch materials and dimensions on drawings, but metric fasteners.  Often when we are sketching while editing a part, we manually enter/override the dimension of something in an alternate unit than the part settings.  For example, I am making small slot for a metric part, I locate where I want it, then draw the slot, then override the slot diameter with "5mm" (or "5MM", thank you Autodesk!!!!!).     But when it shows the dimension in the sketch, it shows ".197".  Would be really nice if, when you enter a dimension MANUALLY, the sketch shows the overridden value in the units that it was manually entered as.  If I double click on the dimension, the edit box pops up with "5mm" so it knows what it is, but it should show "5mm" in the sketch when not editing it.  Looking at the sketch you don't know what dimensions were entered as an alternate unit dimension.   Show More

Linking parameters between assemblies, parts and sketches can be improved. Currently when linking parameters you need to open the parameter list, select link, add the desired file name, go find the parameter, select ok and only then you can link a dimension to a parameter. I propose that all of this can happen in the background. New workflow, edit dimension and then select dimension in other part. At this point the parameter gets added to the parameter list.    Your click can change the future - Vote now!   Proposed Workflow:   Current workflow:           Show More