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Match list for iMates

Match list for iMates

Original author:

jletcher

 

Match list for iMates

 

 Can we get this fixed..

 If I have a Match List set up there is a reason I want the imate to go to the matching imate ONLY...

 

 If I have a nut I have an imate 1/4-20 nut in my holes I put 1/4-20 nut on the other side of the hole I have one called Spacer.

 

 When I place my nut I don't want it to attach to Spacer but to the MATCHING imate.

 

 What good is the list if it will snap to anything?

 

 Match means Match nothing more.

 

 On my spacer I have one called spacer and one with support bar, support channel, Plate, etc.....

 

 The issue is when I tell it to do all matching imates guess what happens.

 

 It may be good to have a pick match option when placing.

 

 If I want one  to match to plate I pick plate if I want the 1/4-20 nut I pick 1/4-20..

 

 Then you can really use this feature as it should not half baked...

 Thank you..

  PS a hotfix or SP would be nice to make this work right..

31 Comments
waynehelley
Collaborator

This feature would help me lots too...  Especially for when using iLogic/.net to create configurable products which automatically assemble. 

 

I have a lot of composite iMates which just Flush together all 3 origin planes.  No matter how hard I try, the wrong components are always constraining together.

RStancescu
Collaborator

This feature hasnt been fixed and we stopped using it. I assume nobody will touch it in the next few years...

jletcher
Advisor

No this will never be fixed, they are to busy changing the interface.

 

 Word is going around Inventor the software you relearn every release.

 

Lose productivity every release. I can do things faster in Autocad now.

adam.nagy
Autodesk Support

Using the API could be a workaround. The code shown in this article can be modified based on the requirements:
https://modthemachine.typepad.com/my_weblog/2020/03/hook-up-a-chain-using-imates-with-matchlist.html

jletcher
Advisor

@adam.nagy 

 

 So you are telling me someone is smarter than the Inventor programmers and was able to get it to work but Autodesk can't?

 

 Not very promising, but hey Autodesk has made a productive Inventor software unproductive so anything is possible.

heliosxe
Participant

Autodesk, Fix this. People are asking about it since 2013. What a disgrace. Fellow Inventor users, Please share and vote this. Raise hell.

Frederick_Law
Mentor

I'll add my vote.

rdhillon6HET8
Contributor

2023 and still not fixed. What a freaking joke.

hugo.trepanier
Advocate

Hi. A lot aof customers need this. This Idea was accepted in 2013. Why it's not working in 2024???

dan_szymanski
Autodesk
Status changed to: Future Consideration

Idea added to backlog for future consideration [INVGEN-534].

clutsa
Collaborator

Just going to leave this idea here incase anyone wants to vote for it.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/custom-imate-glyph/idi-p/13235478

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