Measure in Section View

[asiu]

Hi,

I would like to be able to measure/dimension in a Section View. (part or assembly).

This is like creating the geometry of the section like in a drawing view section. One should be able to use it for measuring or creating dimensions.

I will vastly improve the speed of doing measurements at the assembly level and also it will enable creating cross-sectioned dimensioned assembly views for communication with colleagues/customers. (this is possible to do right now but it requires more steps).

Thank you for your support!

Adrian

[Anonymous]

I can't believe you can't measure in a section view after all you are in this view to investigate something in the first place, of course Solidworks has it, it has everything needed and takes half as long as this software.

[Anonymous]

Yes I think being able to measure in .ipt/.iam section view would be very useful.  It seems odd one can't pick section view geometry with 2d or 3d sketch at the section view plane for measurement, etc.  The only workaround I've found is to create a plane at the section desired and use half section view using that plane to create the view.  Then create a 3d sketch and use '3D intersection curve' command and select any part and the plane previously created.  Additional curves will need to be created for other parts if you're working in an assembly.  Cumbersome at best but at least there is a way... 

[andyDKFUQ]

Even Alibre Design can measure from a section view.  If that's not a sign that Inventor needs this feature then I'm not sure what is. 

Alibre Design Measuring in section view

[andyDKFUQ]

Even Alibre Design can measure from a section view.  If that's not a sign that Inventor needs this feature then I'm not sure what is.  

Alibre design - measure in section view

[andyDKFUQ]

Even Alibre Design can measure from a section view.  If that's not a sign that Inventor needs this feature then I'm not sure what is. 

Alibre Design - measure section view

[grantmatthewSZKM4]

Sometimes Im surprised when I find a feature like this is missing. I vote for this feature to be added as soon as possible. So strange fusion can do so much yet it cant do this and cant change the size of dimension arrows in drawings. It is weird...

[joao.preichardt]

This is something it should be great to have. 

Today I managed to take some measurements like this:

I created a plane at the desired section and projected lines in a sketch.

The only way I could do this. 

[thsV367N]

This is possible in Solidworks along with several other features missing in Inventor. This thread was started in 2015 and still it is not possible to measure in section views in parts and assemblies. Stuff like this is why I prefer Solidworks

[william.towler]

It does surprise me that the ability to measure in a section is missing. I used to use SDRC IDEAS and Digibuck back in 1999 and 2000 and it had the feature and it was useful when checking clashes and clerences in an assembly. This was a move away from the old procedure - 1990's of creating a drawing section every 100mm and checking for clashes.

[Yijiang.Cai]

Many thanks for posting the idea, and tracked as [INVGEN-65443].

[joao.preichardt]

All my colleagues want to change our Inventor licenses by Solidworks because they were able to do this in Solidworks.

[tstoutYZ3MS]

SolidWorks has done this for decades. Why does Autodesk continue to drag their collective feet on much needed UI enhancements?

[tstoutYZ3MS]

8 years later, and we still do not have this necessary functionality

[joao.preichardt]

In our company we are still thinking about Solidw.. just for pressure to get this functionality

[Yijiang.Cai]

Many thanks for posting the idea, and tracked as [INVGEN-65443]

[joao.preichardt]

This topic is in discussion here: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/measure-in-section-view/idc-p/13426621#M56661