Replace the existing part template with new part template Including internal rules, trigger, sheet metal k factor, fx parameters, presets, etc...   Show More

Hello, Have you guys seen the new Solidworks slot and tab feature! Autodesk you must bring this feature to Inventor it would be a life saver! We have been loyal to Autodesk for years, but this one feature has us seriously considering a few seats of Solidworks. Check it out, and help push this to the top! https://youtu.be/eBbIE3i7jJw Thanks, Isaac Show More

The ability to select more than one corner with one feature like edge fillet       Show More

There should be automatic bending lines and color change in inventor nesting as it is very hard to get the bending lines in the present software.  The mapping layer in inventor nesting is also unclear and lacking so many things. The mapping in inventor nesting should include different colors like AutoCAD as etching & bending line should always be in yellow color as per industry standard.  Show More

At the moment, Inventor HTML Nesting has an issue with displaying as black screen, unless you change decimal separator symbol in Windows. The Report actually works and can be saved from that window but one needs to hit the Save button in the black screen. This could be avoided by adding an "Export Report" or "Save Report" function available in right-click menu or in a tab. Maybe even to add an option to save all reports, since one is generated for every nest. Show More

I often need to import EPS files into sketch. Now I can only import DXF, DWG as vector files and some other graphic files. But you often get files such as logos and more inn eps fils, which is a vector file. I usually have to get someone else to convert it to DWG for me. It would have been nice to be able to get the EPS files straight into sketch on inventor.   Show More

It would be useful to have a bulge relief feature when working with thick sheet metal parts. A simple bend will result in a bulge on the outside face of the material that can prevent proper fit-up with other parts. The solution is to cut a small relief at the edge of the bend to prevent this bulge. Here's the feature in Solid Edge. Show More

Inventor should be intelligent enough to allow the user to use the "Extrude Symmetric" command along with the "To" selection checked. If the user then selects a single point/edge/face/plane in either of the symmetric directions, Inventor should subsequently create the symmetric extruded feature at a doubling of the distance to said point/edge/face/place selection. This would be a nice time savings over the current methodology of needing to create two separate extruded features (one in each symmetric direction) from the same shared sketch. Show More

I always muddle up Bend with Fold in sheet metal environment and I have just worked out why. On the FOLD dialog there is a field called "Bend Line" which could be reworded to "Fold Line" a tab called "Bend" which could be reworded to "Fold" Since Inventor makes a distinction between Bend and Fold it should be more careful with dialog text. Please use wording consistent with the dialog's purpose.     Show More

Again, the new Inventor 2024 feature FINISH is calling for this.   Every time the user uses a dragging selection box to select faces, all the faces (Visible, non-visible, interior faces, etc), will be selected). Is missing an option to select only the camera's(view) visible faces.   How do you expect the users to use these kinds of tools in an assembly (or parts with lots of small faces, like a plastic part)? selecting all the faces manually?! No way... Without this option, or better-selecting options, tools like FINISH will be neglected and not used, because is not sustainable to use spend a day selecting faces one by one. Selecting only the visible faces on camera will give the chance to users to turn the cube in all directions, (Front, Back, top, etc) and drag a selection box to select most of the visible faces. Of course, some will still be selected manually, but it will be a lot less, and this will save a huge amount of time. This kind of selection will be useful also in a lot of cases, like selecting faces to CAM, selecting faces to copy, thicken, shell, etc etc.   Show More

some complex sheet metal parts have no meaningful way to be formed with a traditional press brake and back gauge setup. the examples are virtually infinite, but let me point to transitions as a common one many people are likely to encounter. back gauging them is tedious at best since the part rises up more with each bend. here is what it appears as for the press brake operator:   it's basically a rounded piece of steel asking for a large amount of bends. pretty tough to just run through the machine. If Inventor could automatically create a small "nick" at the end of each bend line, it would make the forming process quite easy. we've done hundreds of them that way, but we have to create the marks manually, which is time consuming. here is what a marked piece appears as to the operator: forming this by hand without a back gauge takes a fraction of the amount of time it would take to mark them manually. but this is what the sketch for said look looks like: (holes enlarged for visibility.) as you may imagine, these sketech, especially on larger transitions, are very time consuming. but please don't limit this feature to the transition feature; i merely used it as an example. there are virtually endless examples of where an automatic bend line marking feature would be a welcome addition to Inventor's ever growing arsenal of sheet metal prowess. keep up the good work.   Jared Show More

Inventor Drawing automation should use more AI technology. To Produce working drawings on the fly when making new parts and assemblys. Default drawing should show flat pattern in sheet metal and auto dimensions  sheet extents. When you are finished the part the AI system will have the drawing created which you can edit later if needs be. I think a feature like this would give Autodesk the cutting edge of technology in the market of 3D cad design software.   Look forward to seeing this in future versions of Inventor   Regards   P Neville Show More

For us it would be very useful to have an option "Between" like in the extrusion command also available for the contour flange.   At the moment it it sometimes very difficult to get the needed result only using "Distance".  It will get easier with the "Asymmetric" option in the new 2023 release, but the possibility to use "Between" would be really great. Show More

Inventor Model State (AIV 2022) allows us to create multiple representations of a part or assembly within a single document. We be able to create manufacturing states, simplification levels, and more in the same part or assembly file. It would be great If we are able to create Nesting for Inventor Model State. We don't need to export the flatten part *.dxf one by one to create Nest part. The idea is end-to-end solutions from Design to Creation.    Thanks! Novly Show More

"Along the lines of the 'Display Separate Colors' option in the Visibility Panel, I'd like the ability to identify the A-side (good side) of sheet metal parts in their folded state within an assembly.   When designing for sheet metal, the parts are often cut on a laser table, and the bottom side can get scuffed while the top side remains pristine. Additionally, some materials have a checker pattern on one side and are flat on the other. Hence, there is a need to define an A-side or top side to the flat pattern in Inventor.   It would be handy if I could toggle a button and see all the faces on the folded sheet metal part that correspond to the top face of the flat pattern, presenting themselves in a contrasting color to the bottom side faces.   A quick glance at the assembly would then indicate if the flat patterns have been developed properly for the project."   Show More

We have been using the new mark feature and love it for what we do, but we would dearly love if the lines that are the result of the mark feature have a way of being applied to a different layer in an IDW.   How i understand it currently works is that the mark feature is similar to a split in that it effectively creates a line or series of lines on the surface that is currently classed as body edges. These edges come in to an IDW on the (Standard) Visible layer. We then Manually change the Mark Lines to another layer with a different colour and Line Type to distinguish them on a drawing as requireing a different process or use during fabrication of the part.   the change we would like to suggest;   Give lines created in an IDW from a mark feature their own layer in the IDW   this would mean we skip the manual step of changing them to a different layer and allow us to set out template to have these layer settings for all mark features. Show More

Often, I find myself needing to copy-paste dimensional values from Inventor feature sketches, but that ability is nonexistent in the current software. Please add this much needed functionality to the Inventor application as soon as is possible. Thanks.   Show More

Sheet metal fold Missing preview. Creo has a preview. Show More

On some CNC software packages you can add a bubble or dog-bone fillet to geometry because obviously the cutting tool cannot cut a square inside corner. However having to wait until the CNC software to add these fillets means it is easier for these to get omitted due to miscommunication etc.    I would be great to be able to add these through the 2D or 3D fillet tool in Inventor itself so that you can export exactly what you want to cut out of Inventor.    Please see images for further explanation   Show More