Hi! It would be great to add a feature in Frame Generator that allows parts to be reassigned to new reference geometry without the need to remove and regenerate them. This would improve efficiency, especially when the reference geometry changes. Thanks for considering! Show More

Many times when a project consists of several sheets and need to refer from one to the other would be easier if there is an option for simultaneous viewing all sheets.   Original Author: kpapjim   Show More

Currently when creating holes, we have the options for Drilled, Counterbore, Spot face and Countersunk from the top only.   It could be beneficial to have these same options to add features to the bottom of the same hole.   As requested by : Anonymous on 5/9/2013 Show More

The Inventor Server offers significant advantages for automating models that are too complex to be generated in an APS environment. Therefore, I would like to request a substantial extension of the API interface for Inventor, and thereby the Inventor Server, particularly concerning IDW (drawings). More and more users/customers want to enable automated models, including the corresponding drawings. However, there are notable gaps, especially in the area of drawings (e.g., reordering dimensions), as well as in parts and assemblies. Nothing saves companies more time and money than partially or fully automating content and models. This is only achievable through a comprehensive API. Unfortunately, the GUI significantly slows down many processes, and creation via the Inventor Server would be much faster. Due to the lack of API functionality, many tasks can currently only be implemented using the full Inventor application. Therefore, I kindly ask you to expand the scope of possible API/iLogic functionalities for the Inventor Server and Inventor. Show More

It would be truly helpful to have the possibility to insert standard bolted connections to models within frame generator. I know that there is software like Tekla structures and Autodesk structual detailing, but you don't have to design whole buildings before it is necessary to use bolted connections. Most smaller scale structures needs to be shipped in containers and assembled on site.    Original Author: Anonymous on Nov 25, 2013   Show More

When producing orientation drawing for tanks etc it gets messy very quickly using conventional angular dimensions. That's why there is a need for angular ordinate dimensions currently I do this using the ordinate dimension then over riding the value then importing the parameter needed so its linked but this is time consuming. Please add   Original Author: Ben-Cornelius   Show More

To calculate the total weight in a part list, you have to activate the "Group" function. Using the key, you can determine the property according to which the grouping should take place. With this grouping, however, all columns are grouped and the totals are formed, as in the figure below in the columns "Pos.", "Stk.", "Material" and "Ges. gewicht". However, it is desirable that only the total weight is grouped/summed and not all other columns.   In the part list it should be possible to suppress single cells. At the moment it is only possible to suppress the hole row. It would be gate if you add the possibility to suppress one (or two or more) specific cell in addition to the possibility to suppress the hole row.   Show More

We need an object browser for iLogic, just like the one that can be found in the API window. This would make complex iLogic programming much easier, especially for beginners.   Original Author: mrattray   4/17/2013 Show More

Original Title: Custom section marks In order to follow my company's standards, I need to draw my own section mark lines. (See attached picture.)   In AutoCAD, we had a LISP routine to automate it - there were three clicks to input points. First click gave us the starting point, the end of the line with the circle. The 2nd click gave us the other end of the line. The 3rd click decided the direction the arrow pointed. After that, it prompted us for the section label ("A") and the sheet number ("S1").   I've figured out how to make the circles with numbers with prompted entries, but don't know how to draw the line and arrows without them being a fixed predetermined length and direction in a sketched symbol.   This would need to input similar to a leader line with multiple input points, which from what I can tell, sketched symbols are a single input point.   I really don't need for it to pull in the sheet number or section label automatically - I'm fine with manually inputting them with a prompt.     Original Author Anonymous from ‎03-13-2013 Show More

It would be nice to have a Find and Replace tool that would allow us to look for text values in the active file type.   Drawing file - search iProperties, Note text, View Label text, Dimension text, Table text, etc. Assembly files - search iProperties, Sketch text, Browser text, etc. Part files - search iProperties, Sketch text, Browser text, etc. Original Author: Curtis_Waguespack Show More

I'd like to make it possible to have the same subassembly in different assemblies and have a different status in the BOM structure (e.g. in one it should be normal, in another as inseparable, and in the next as phantom.) At the moment, when I change it in the Bill of materials in one assembly, it changes for all assemblies where this subassembly is used. Show More

I speak of all such Inventor Browser ( https://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2024/ENU/?guid=GUID-EDF6B951-C309-44A8-868C-B72D99F6D5A7 ) tabs, but I'll use "Model Browser" as a specific example for descriptive purposes, here. I also am recommending this for Part, Assembly, Drawing environments, all environments where browsers exist. Users have requested that they be able to COLLAPSE the Model Browser to the side. This behavior is very common in many applications including other Autodesk software, so I believe it's understood when I suggest collapsing them. The included screenshot includes the existing state of my own Inventor window as well as a mockup showing what I am asking for. The collapsing behavior would be akin to the difference in the Ribbon Display when it is set to either "Show Full Ribbon" setting (which is analogous to the current Model Browser display) or the "Minimize to Tabs" setting which is analogous to what I request. Minimized/Collapsed tabs of the Inventor Browser, such as "Model" or "Vault" could be clicked on or hovered over, at which point they would temporarily show expanded, until the mouse leaves that area at which point the Browser would return to being collapsed/minimized.  I expect there would need to be a button added next to the "Search" or "Display" icons on the Inventor Browser title bar, to Collapse or Expand, depending on current state, which would toggle the display. The details of how this is implemented is up to the UI/UX team, of course, but that's the general behavior I would expect & we are requesting. Reference Image:   Show More

I am copying a long coil part with holes and changing their locations using parameter window. I have to close the window to measure the distance from the nearest associated hole on my structure assembly. I would like to not have to close the parameter window while taking measurements, if possible. Show More

With all of the options there are for importing igs, step and parasolid parts into Inventor, there are no options to select which template should be used once this part is imported.  Quite often a user will have different templates depending on the operation or units being used.  There should be an addition under the open dialog to allow a user to select which template they would like to use.  Whether it is a custom one or the default out of the box.  Just give us the freedom to select.   Original Author: Cadmanto   8/2/2013 Show More

I use sketches to define the positions of different drill holes. However, the sketch is not always on the plane from which the hole is to start. So you always have to click on the plane from which the hole is to start and then transfer/project the point for the hole in the automatically created new sketch. This is always a bit complicated. Couldn't you do it the same way as in extrusion and specify a start plane? (Enclosed is a suggestion of how this could look) Translated with DeepL.com (free version) Show More

Please add the ability to edit multiple text leaders at the same time.    For example, ability to edit arrowhead, unit attributes, or leader text at the same time.   Thank you. Show More

The ability to select all broken sketch projections (and delete them) has been a great addition to Inventor. Unfortunately, this workflow is incapable of deleting projected points if they're constrained to the endpoint of a sketch curve.  This goal of this idea is to remove this limitation, so these points are deleted along with the other objects.     The current solution for this situation is to... Right-click > "show all constraints", then go around deleting the leftover projection constraints, one by one. Alternatively, you can window select them all and right-click > "delete constraints", but that risks deleting others that you might want to keep! Lastly, reference points disappear completely once the projection constraint is gone.  Center Points will remain but will be "unbroken".  This nuance doesn't really bother me.   Whether these limitations are intentional -- and why? -- I have no idea, but we deal with this often enough that we wrote an iLogic rule to take care of it.  Now we can blast away every broken projection in the model with one click if we want to.   My point is it shouldn't have to be like that -- I bet there's plenty of people out there that could benefit from this simple change.  Please Vote!   Show More

I'd like to be able to put a geolocational tag onto an Inventor model, similar to how you place a new UCS, that can then be interpreted by other Autodesk tools like Civil3D. This would allow Inventor users to work at their local origin but to have their model placed exactly where it should be in the world; without any intervention. eg. Geolocational Tag   There's already precident for how this would be consumed when having Plant 3D models get submitted to Civil3D, so this would just need to add the appropriate data into the Inventor model and then tweak Civil3D to also accept Inventor models this way. Eg. of Plant3D to Civil3D       Show More

Please add copy as path to this menu so user doesn't have to open file location and do this in windows explorer.  Right click on any part or assembly in model tree opens menu. It would be great if there was an extra row with "copy path" next to "open file location".   Copy path is useful when replacing components or deriving components. This way you don't have to manually navigate to file location but rather paste the path and press enter.       Show More