Need the ability to push an assembly iproperties to the substitute/simplified part file. Especially if the link is broken to the part file during creation. We see this workflow needed for our systems factory layouts. We only use FDU for sales layouts. Its too restrictive for our systems layouts. Use Autodesk Docs and have created an Asset Library Project in Docs. Plan is, we can use the sync tool from vault to sync the simplified substitute part (containing the matching assembly iproperties) to the asset Docs project location using a schedule with a certain iproperty filter. But need matching descriptions and part number on the substitute part file. Show More

It would be handy to manage Model States with folders in the model browser to avoid getting a long list.   Show More

Is there any way to have this new feature propagate through to an IDW view?   I ask as we have large assemblies that can be visually difficult for our techs to assemble and on the other hand we require the occasional rendered view for O&M manuals so at least 2 view reps/model states per assembly .  At present we manually assign colours at the part level and have associative views all the way up to the top level assembly.   Having the ability to have this option at a click of a button would save many hours over a project. Show More

As we can learn from some community and help pages, model states are handled differently depending on whether they are consumed (e.g. used in an assembly or a drawing) or not yet consumed. Depending on the "consumed" status of a model state, a file becomes larger and receives a dirty flag. Links: Assembly file size increase based on active Model State at save time in Inventor  Model States File Size  Model State: Top level assembly dirtying lower level assemblies and parts    The idea is to have a new application option to "fully elaborate" all model states when saving. The new option prevents (released) files from becoming dirty if a model state is consumed at a later point in time.   Furthermore, I am not sure if positional representations are treated in a similar way to model states. If so, then we also need a new application option to "fully elaborate" all positional representations.   Show More

Can we have an edit scope where we choose which model states get affected by the changes?  Something like Specify Model States for edit.   Show More

Inventor stands alone in the competition of professional CAD software by making absolutely no efford to recover files in the event of a crash. This can cause users to lose large amounts of unsaved work. There are save notificaitons, but they can be easily overlooked, especially if you tab in and out a lot. In any event, the existence of these save notifications really begs the question:   Hey Inventor, if it's such a great idea to save now, why don't you, you know... just do it?   I know that in some states (sketches come to mind) Inventor cannot save, but since SSDs have reduced file write times for typical CAD files to next to nothing, it would not be too much asked for Inventor to just make a recovery file before entering such a state.   Keeping the UI responsive during a file write is also something that has been achived before, so the user would not actually need to wait for the write of extremely large files to finish.   If none of this is within the means or ability of Autodesk, maybe at least there should be the option in the settings menu to save unsaved files periodically. I was informed by support there is a paid plugin for this, and while I don't begrudge the developer their income, I really cannot fathom how this, at the very least, is not part of the core product. Show More

First let me be clear, this is not talking about derived parts.  Let me explain the situation.  I would like the ability to suppress certain features in a sheet metal component that get added after the part is burned (drilled holes, machining operations, etc.).  This can be accomplished fairly easily with model states, but when I want to also have different configurations with different part numbers it requires some messing around.  If a change is made to one of the part numbers, the change has to be done in both the burned model state and the finished model state.    What I am proposing is we have the ability to create a model state that is dependent (derived) from an existing model state.  Any changes to the parent model state would automatically get applied to the child model state, but you can choose to override features, parameters, etc. in the child model state.  iProperties would be locked in the child so they would always be the same between the child and parent.  For anyone that used the other main 3D modeling software, this would behave the same as derived configurations. Show More

Modelstates are used quite a lot where I work. And every now and then I open an old file and want to know what the difference is between the modelstates. I can click each modelstate to see it, and can see that some parts get longer or shorter or features or parts dissapear or appear. however sometimes changes are so small, I cannot detect it at first. So I have to go through the modelbrowser and variable list to see what is different.    I would like a button which detects the changes in each modelstate and shows it in a window. It will show per modelstate the variables that are changed, supressed features and parts and even Iproperties.    This would be an enormous help.  Show More

Hi, Could be great to know when you're working on the edit factory scope meaning when you are making edits on all model states or when you are working on one of them. I see myself time and time again making the same mistake by not toggling on edit factory scope and having to supress all the features I did.   This could be more visual like adding an red rectangle when factory scope is enabled...maybe an idea to add or does this already exist?   Thanks. Show More

Ability to suppress individual member (ipt) of 'Frame Generator' and 'Tube&Pipe' modules in various model states to achieve different model configurations necessary for calculating mass and center of gravity. Show More

Need the ability to select multiple model states for in-model editing (without having to use the spread sheet) Currently you can edit "All", or "one at a time".  When you get upwards of 10, 20 or more model states, with a large number of parameters, using the spread sheet can be quite tedius. Show More

Please give us more control over editing design views (DesignViewRepresentations / DesignViewRepresentation). I would like to be able to either just edit one of them at a time (like now), or be able to edit multiple of them at one time (but not all of them), or be able to edit all of them at the same time.  There may be some restrictions / exceptions to this ability, such as if/when some of them may be Locked or something like that.   In Inventor 2024 we have a tool called 'Edit Member Scope' (on the Manage tab, Author panel), which can be used to help us control whether we are currently editing just the active 'member' or all 'members' (Member Scope vs Factory Scope).  This relates to iParts, iAssemblies, and ModelStates.  Having something like this for DVR's also would be a step in the right direction.  However, I would like to take it a step further, or use a different mechanism than that, which would allow for a third option, such as 'edit multiple' (not just the active one, or all).  There could simply be additional checkboxes next to all the DVR's that are currently being edited, or there could be some other types of modified icons next to the ones being edited (or not being edited).   Another thought that comes to mind is to incorporate a table (of sorts), where all the currently existing DVR's would be included in one table representation, with one row for each one, then there would be columns for each settings being controlled by them.  This could be another (less convenient, but at least something) way of editing them all in one place.  And since there are Excel worksheet options for editing iPart/iAssembly/ModelState tables, there could be one for this too, if its not too much trouble.  Just throwing that idea out there. Show More

Hello,   When using an I-Assembly in a 2D drawing, in the Part List, you can use the member selection function to add the quantity of different configuration of the I-Assembly. That function is not available when the configuration are made with the Model State function.   Since the Model State function is a lot easier to use than the I-Assembly, and requires less files to manage in the vault, We tough to use this new function for our Standard Configurable Assembly (#-01, #-02, etc.). But without the member selection for the part list, we cannot use the model state and need to continue using the I-Assembly.     Show More

I have an assembly. I have sub-assemblies in the assembly. If I change something in one of the sub-assemblies and don't save it (because it was only an attempt) and then close the sub-assembly without saving, these changes are visible in the assembly. So I first have to close everything and reopen the assembly so that my "attempts" are no longer displayed in one of the subassemblies. I also don't want to go to the trouble of undoing all the changes from my "experiment" and then closing it without saving. Then it would look in the assembly as if I had not made an "attempt". I know the "Reload" function from another programme. This can be executed by right-clicking on the corresponding part or assembly in the model tree. The part or assembly is then reloaded from the memory. Just as if you were opening it again. But not the entire assembly but only the object in question. I hope I was able to describe this in an understandable way... Show More

Hello.   When a new View Representation is created, Inventor presents the option to immediately rename it:     I would like to see this same ability when creating a new Model State. As it is now, Inventor serves up a generic name, such as "Model State1" or "Model StateXX":     I have never used the default name, as it imparts absolutely no information about the state being created.   Thank you. Show More

Hello, Until Inventor version 2022, where are model states introduced, we were able to use one part list for one assembly which hase diffetent Level of details. In different level of details different parts were suppresed and in different positins, but their total quantity and balloon number were shown in one part list (default).   Introducing model states this is not possible anymore, but it would be of great use to us. More details you can find on this post. https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/inventor-2023-2d-assembly-with-model-state/m-p/12203307#M907472   We tried some workarounds but it is still not so easy to use. Please consider returning this option on Model states also for the future versions. (or if it is possible to make Add-in)   Thanks in advance.   Brane Stankovic       Show More

It is very important and helpful, if change the model state to Min, Max or Middle, that it can also calculate and include the geometric dimensioning and tolerancing. (GD&T) It is a must for tolerance analysis, to see the influence of all tolerances, not only these from dimensions and also a must, when implementing GPS tolerancing in models. Show More

Model States are a nice new tool in Inventor. Unfortunately it is very hard to show them to non-cad users, e.g. in Vault, because they are not stored in the DWF files. How am I supposed to get this information without opening the actual Inventor model? So far, I can store design views and positions in DWFs. Why not Model States? Show More

As in model states in the modelling environment have drawing states in the drawing environment.  That way multiple drawing states can be in the same file i.e. manufacturing stages, different drawing title blocks, parts with different colours etc etc. Show More