Inventor Ideas

a.kudrzik · ‎11-12-2024

Would be great to add the ability to derived in addition to Solid also flat pattern. In the case of operations performed on the flat pattern in the original document, this would allow them to be automatically taken over in the derived part

GStanczakRTA3B · ‎11-13-2024

Allow an angular entry in the alignment of a rigid joint. (red circle below)

evan.wondra · ‎11-05-2024

Right now the split feature reads the "Tool" as a plane (meaning there is no start or beginning of the "Tool"). This can cause issues if I am just wanting to split one portion of the solid body. There should be an option or way to say you want to treat the "Tool" as a plane (no start or end) or a line (defined start and end). For example, if I have a pipe that I did a sweep to get the overall path. Then I draw a line where I want to split the pipe (at the miter location). Once I select that line as the "Tool" it actually reads it as a plane and splits everything that it would intersect.

evan.wondra · ‎11-06-2024

When we create the IPT that will be used for an IDE file, we can change the line type, weight, and color of individual lines that will be used for the IDE 2D sketch representation. However, once we convert that to an IDE file, it keeps the sketch but none of the formatting will carry over to the IDE. It would be useful to have the IDE file keep the formatting of that sketch that way nesting programs can read the different line types. (IPT file) (IDE FILE)

evan.wondra · ‎11-04-2024

There should be an option to have two parts list of the same assembly but have different BOM Views. In one Parts List, I need to show the "Structured" BOM View. In a second Parts List, I need to show the "Parts Only" BOM View.

evan.wondra · ‎11-05-2024

There would be added benefit to the Associated Feature Pattern if it could handle circular patterns. I want to pattern this angle to each hole, but keep the origin plane always passing though the center point. Since the holes are not symmetrical I cannot do a circular pattern. However when I do an associated feature pattern, the orientation are dependent of the first angle placed.

tstout9GFVP · ‎11-14-2024

Whenever the engineer desires to simply replace a component within an assembly, he/she is required to use the Windows file-open UI to drill down through multiple network drive folders just to get to the actual part to replace with. As you can see, this is mind-numbingly time consuming. The easy solution is to simply add an "In Session" folder to the UI as shown, which would allow the selection of components currently open and in session.

evan.wondra · ‎11-05-2024

It would be nice to have the option of having multiple revision tables on one sheet. We may go through multiple customer revisions before we sent it to the shop so the first time the shop sees the drawing, they do not want to see "Rev 3".

Alex.Shechter · ‎11-08-2024

It would be very useful to be able to asign different materials to different bodies inside of an part.ipt. Reasoning: we are working with electronic engineers and they exchange with us their project as step file. This step file is an assembly with many parts and different pcbs. In order to keep things clean and tidy we derive their assembly in to a single part, multi-body part, as this helps to deal with BOM later on. The problem is, because it is one multi-body part, the weight is being calculated wrong because pcb and electronic components have different masses.

evan.wondra · ‎11-04-2024

We need the capability to balloon an assembly on a drawing and set the balloon BOM view to "Structured" or "Parts Only". Then be able to place a parts list and have an option to keep that parts list linked to the balloons or disconnect them. If they are disconnected, this allows that parts list to be a "Structured" or a "Parts Only" BOM View. This also applies for any overwritten/static values. Similar point as idea #3 in this post from Feb 2019 https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/more-on-balloons-and-parts-lists/idi-p/8583547 I mainly want to create a ticket just for that one idea though.

Lars_Greft · ‎11-08-2024

Parts with zero quantity are shown in the BOM, there is an option to hide rows with zero quantity and this is made easier in Inventor 2025.2. But this setting will hide rows with zero quantity in each BOM view (Model Data and Structured). Is it possible to have two different settings for each BOM view (Model Data and Structured) to hide rows with zero quantity?

evan.wondra · ‎11-04-2024

There should be a way to have two different parts list of the same assembly, but allow the cells to show different values. For example I want to have one part list that shows ITEM as 1 and 2. Then I want another part list that has ITEM as "-" for both. A

RajSchmidt · ‎11-05-2024

Just as the title says: Right now I can pick a planar face to trim a frame member. I can also pick a curved surface of another frame member. But not a curved face of a different part. A use case would be the strut for a cylindrical vessel.

rijad_js · ‎11-04-2024

The "Copy properties" option, which is available when copying tolerances and dimension styles from one dimension to another on 2D drawings, should also be implemented for hatching. The automatically generated hatch is often not ideal, and this feature would significantly speed up its refinement. It would be sufficient to allow copying of the "scale," "angle," and "pattern" properties.

JosueMKDXTL · ‎11-13-2024

Guys what if we had a command that allows us to twist during the extrusion of a solid? Something very simple, like the Taper that already exist the entire solid would twist to a degree that we would choose right there, and then the termination of that solid length would be rotate to that amount. Let me know what you guys think. please Vote.

olekie · ‎11-13-2024

Would be good if Form Control "Textbox" of a Parameter changes automatically to "Combo Box" if Parameter changes to "Multivalve" and vice versa.

olekie · ‎11-13-2024

Hatch rotation in Drawing should aligned to longest Edge of hatched area The angle of the hatching should always refer to the main outline or the symmetry lines of the sections. (See the following example:) Examples of hatching orientation The following rules must be observed when hatching: The spacing of the hatching lines is adapted to the size of the component. If cutting surfaces of several parts meet, the hatching lines of the different cutting surfaces are drawn opposite each other at 45° or 135° and the spacing is drawn accordingly narrower or wider. A breakout that is not in the cutting plane can be recognized by hatching that is slightly offset from the cut.

yasar_vurmazBB5FX · ‎11-08-2024

It would be useful to extract the entire Inventor nesting study as dxf. When a single page is extracted, there is header and nesting report summary. Therefore, it is necessary to look at Inventor again for the most basic data such as the material and material thickness of the exported drawing. If the entire study is extracted, it will be easier to manage and separate the drawing.

luke.hoadley · ‎11-10-2024

Hello, I have two suggestions for working with cloud points in Inventor. - When sketching on a plane it would be good to be able to "project cut edges" of a scan, and maybe even project a depth of points, for example being able to project points for a specified distance perpendicular to the plane that the sketch is on. - When I crop a scan often I make several crops from different angles so that I have the correct amount of points remaining in the right part of the scan. It would be good to be able to "uncrop" individual crops from a drop down list or something, instead of having to uncrop everything. Also it would be good to be able to make and save different crops of different areas of a scan and turn them on and off. Thank you

KobusE · ‎10-31-2024

I use the single part multiple body modelling method almost on a daily basis. My experience is that it gets me to a complete finished assembly that much quicker, pre-empt most potential issues with clashes, it can be modelling to a common origin making placement into larger assemblies easier and best of all, it limits the use of constraints. The one drawback though is Inventor does not recognize that some bodies are actually the same, just used more than once and therefor when you use the "Create Components" function, you end up with each of these similar parts being treated as different parts with different part numbers. It would be great if a method can be developed where one can identify in the base component, which bodies are the same, and when the components are created, it is then treated as multiple instances of the same part. That will speed up the design process, it will create a simplified BOM which in turn will increase fabrication efficiency. Please vote for this idea.

Derived Part - Flat Pattern

Rigid Joint Alignment Angular Entry Option

Split Feature Distance

Allow Line Type, Weight, and Color to Pass Into .IDE File

Be able to have two parts list that have different "BOM Views"

Circular Associated Feature Pattern

"In Session" Folder Selection for Replacing Assembly Components

Multiple Revision Tables

Multi-body Part with different materils asigned

Allow balloons BOM View to be different than parts list BOM View

Different settings for each BOM view

Have Multiple Parts List of the Same Assembly With Different Values

Trim frame member to curved surface

Hatch copy properties

Twisting when extruding

iLogic From Editor: Change Control to "Combo Box" automatically if Parameter changes to "Multivalve"

Hatch rotation in Drawing aligned to longest Edge of hatched area

Inventor Nesting

Working with Recap cloud point data in Inventor

Single part, multi body - re-use of duplicate bodies/parts.

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