Hi, I have some cool ideas  1) When we create a coil shape we can have more parameters, the first and second parameters are outer diameter and inner diameter or thickness to have a tube directly without an extra steps. When the inner diameter or thickness is equal to zero the tube will be a solid. The third parameter is the geometric shape, we can pick an existing shape. The fourth is angle deviation of shape and can define each angle for each axis. 2) To have a coil we have three parameters pitch, revolution and height, we can drive the pitch by an equation.  3) In Sweep command we can have coil spring and we must put an integer for revolution my suggestion why we don't introduce pitch also and can be drive by an equation and we don,t need a perfect loop and this necessary for some geometry like Rodin coil designing. 4) When we do an extrusion we have usually a perpendicular solid, we can have direction of extrusion, it's very useful option. 5) Why we don't have the option to cloning part not only along a path but an 3 D array cloning like 3DS max? 6) We pant have a parametric modeling it open horizon for Inventor. 7) Supporting more file cad like svg, ai and ect. 8) perform and fixing the dwg plugin in import. Think you.    Show More

When parts are bolted together, a clearance hole in one part must face a compatible tapped hole in the mating part. Inventor has no built-in way to verify this, so mistakes are only caught during manufacturing or assembly. Examples that go undetected today: A Ø6.5 clearance hole facing an M8 tapped hole (screw won't fit). A clearance hole too large for the thread it faces. Two tapped holes of different metric sizes facing each other. A counterbore/countersink too shallow or too narrow for the screw head. Two clearance holes facing each other with no thread on the axis (likely missing a thread). All the geometry needed to detect these is already in the model. Proposed idea A model-check that scans an assembly for coaxial hole pairs between different parts that are incoherent, with ERROR/WARNING severity, configurable tolerances (face separation, axis offset, ISO 273 clearance), and click-to-highlight in the 3D view. Like interference checking, but aware of hole intent (clearance vs. tapped) rather than just solid geometry. Related API gap While prototyping this as an iLogic rule, HoleFeature.ThreadInfo returns Nothing and ThreadDesignation comes back empty (Inventor 2023), so an add-in can't read a hole's thread designation and must reverse-engineer the nominal from the modeled minor diameter. Please expose this metadata reliably through the API. I have a working iLogic prototype confirming this is feasible from existing model data — a native implementation would benefit anyone assembling fastened parts. Show More

  Inventor does not allow model annotations (PMI) to be inherited or reused when a part is created using Derive. This is a limitation for top‑down and skeleton‑based workflows, where geometry is intentionally split across multiple parts. Typical structure: • Skeleton part (layout, parameters) • Design part (solid geometry derived from skeleton) • Manufacturing or simplified part (derived again)   Today, PMI must be recreated and cannot follow the geometry into downstream derived parts. This breaks Model‑Based Definition workflows and forces drawing workarounds (overlay views, duplicate annotations, or referencing upstream models).   ---   Requested Enhancement Provide an option to: • Include PMI when deriving a part, or • Reference upstream PMI in derived parts (associative or read‑only) Similar to how parameters and work features are handled.   ---   Why This Matters • Skeleton modeling is a recommended Inventor practice • PMI is central to MBD and drawing reduction • Current behavior causes duplicated work and poor associativity Supporting PMI reuse in derived parts would significantly improve MBD adoption and top‑down design workflows. Show More

When making a mid plane between two planes, I think it would be a great idea to have a drop down to insert more than one mid plane equally spaced. 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

1. Different access list if you want too export  "Revit Catergory"   from   Revit  rvt  or   Revit (rfa)  Family     rfa have no Catergory  "Pipes" or Walls   in export rfa            2. Informed design have on  Revit Category          Show More

Display a warning if the content of parts or assemblies (including AnyCAD imports and other imports) exceeds the maximum size allowed by Inventor.   Link: Minimum and maximum sizes for Inventor models    Example: Example of a part that exceeds the maximum size of Inventor Show More

In Inventor Presentation files (.ipn), the workflow between the Model Browser and the Vault Browser is currently inconsistent and blocked, unlike in Assembly files (.iam).   Current Behavior: In the Model Browser of an IPN, selecting a component highlights it in blue within the 3D canvas, and right-clicking allows users to use "Find in Window" to instantly zoom to the part. In the Vault Browser of an IPN, selecting a component does not highlight it in the 3D model. Furthermore, when right-clicking the component, the "Find in Window" command is visible but greyed out (disabled).   (Note: This functionality is fully active and works perfectly in both the Model and Vault browsers of Assembly files).   Proposed Improvement: Please activate the greyed-out "Find in Window" command in the IPN Vault Browser and ensure that selecting a component also triggers the blue visual highlighting in the 3D canvas, matching the behavior found in Assembly files. Show More

A message to Autodesk: I have one question. Why are you waiting for the results of a vote on ideas that are supposed to improve your products? The financial returns will be yours, but more importantly, it will build trust between you and your customers. You've lost many 3ds Max users to Blender because you refused for years to update the software to meet the demands of advancement in the field. Thank you for your attention. Show More

The lack of ability to recognize anything but the primary model renders the model state feature useless for any designer looking to simplify material allocation and the exportation of cut files. Show More

In Inventor I use component/replace (replace all) to replace part/s in an assembly. So far so good. BUT why the position number changes?   Because the file name changes. OK - BUT Inventor knows the position number fpr Part 1 and Part 1 shall be replaced by Part 2, so it should be easy to do link the Position to the new part to not destroy the BoM. It is not needed to change the position# because the information of the BoM get updated by iProperties. Position number should stay as is. If a design engineer want to renumber, he can do that as usual, but by default Pos. 36 should stay 36 instead of adding new numbers at the end of the BoM and the must to renumber manually. Show More

I would LOVE IT SO MUCH if Inventor could add functionality to its IAM (assembly) files that allows the component hierarchy (addresses) to be used and referenced easily within the IAM itself, and within drawing files, as well as to have values recorded to these "addresses" if desired.   These "addresses" would be similar to instance / occurrence iProperty values, EXCEPT in that ALL LEVELS of ALL COMPONENTS are stored at the top-level assembly. So, in an assembly with 4 levels, the top level IAM file could have specific values assigned to all components, all 3 levels down. BUT, if you open one of the sub-assemblies, it could have DIFFERENT VALUES assigned to its same components 2 levels down, and etc. The reason is that I would like a way to assign unique "address" values to components, regardless of whether I'm reusing the same component files (IAM or IPT) or not. I want to be able to take a component file, and an assembly "context" file, and have Inventor give me a list of all the assigned "address" values for that component within that assembly. This would help us ENORMOUSLY, because we could separate out quantities of the same component that are meant for different locations, projects, uses, etc. based on these differing "address" values. I'm currently attempting to do this using iLogic and instance / occurrence property values, but it's too limited, because it only applies between direct parent & child. If your assembly has too many levels, you WILL still have issues assigning unique "address" values to the lower levels. Ideally, I would want these assigned address values to be usable in BOM exports, Parts List columns, and as lists that can be added to sheets, when given a component and a top-level IAM it is a component within, among other things. Show More

I am working with Inventor's API. I have some Browser Node renaming logic to handle most objects in the browser. However, when coming across solid bodies that are composed of only suppressed features, the solid body's browser node is not exposed to the API. This makes it impossible to capture the Native Object (SurfaceBody in this case) so I can rename it. I also tried accessing the SurfaceBody objects through the PartDocument.ComponentDefinition, but I get the same results - they're just not part of the collection of SurfaceBodies. If I can see the node and rename it in Inventor's browser as a user, I feel I should be able to do the same from the API.   Please make changes to expose these. Thank you! Show More

  Would like to be able to undo a part/ sub-assembly suppression.   Thanks, Pete Beau Show More

Please add a way to space text boxes in a drawing that are not in a sketch. The align command works well for aligning the text, but there is no easy, precise way to set the spacing between text boxes.  Show More

It would be awesome if we could change the Finish Properties (Behavior) with Model States. E.g. Each model state would change the Appearance. This would allow us to create one Finish command with selected/excluded entities and alter the color of the part.     Show More

I have seen this request: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/finish-feature-copy/idi-p/12375664   What I'm requesting is not the same thing as the eyedropper.   We are using the Finish command/feature more and more along with model states. In the simplest case, a model state would be a different color of the same part. When we want to add a new color, we create a new model state and create a Finish that sets the color of the part by face. We select by face because we are defining powder coated surfaces. Faces with no color applied are masked off. In one part that I'm working on, there are 582 faces that need to be selected in order to set the color with appropriate masking. Each model state suppresses all Finishes except the one for the selected color.   This works, but the problem is that every time we add a new color, we have to select the same 582 faces. This is time consuming and can introduce problems/errors if faces are accidentally selected or missed.   The idea: Allow Finish features to be copied/duplicated along with all included/excluded entities. When the Finish feature is duplicated, the user can then open the Finish feature Properties and select the new color. Possible implementation: Add "Duplicate" to the right-click context menu for Finishes in the model tree.     Show More

A useful feature would be the ability to add an equation to an entire table column in a drawing table. For example, I am created steel structures in inventor and we typically add 5% more bolts, nuts, and washers. While I know I can just do the math and add them to the model and then turn off their visibility, it would be nice to be able to just say "add 5% to the quantity column" with an equation or something to that nature.  Show More

Please add a "Uncrop last" command for point clouds with the same functionality as in Autocad. Currently the only available command is "Uncrop". It's so frustrating having to uncrop the whole point cloud every time. Show More