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I can immediately imagine the errors this would create when a user doesn't realize the focus is still in the dimension input box and spins the mouse wheel trying zoom in or out. ( I feel like Inventor had this issue with Assembly constraint offset values at one point years ago, and I was fixed?)
If this were implemented and the user didn't realize the cursor focus was in the dimension input, spun the wheel trying to zoom, and the value increased from let's set 2.5cm to 18cm the user would catch it, be frustrated, but fix it.
However, if the accidentally increase was from 2.5cm to 2.9cm, the user might not catch this, and parts could get manufactured incorrectly and this "Mouse wheel to increase/decrease value of a dimension" idea becomes extremely costly. After this happens a few times the user's attention to detail is being questioned and the their performance review is negatively impacted.
For those reasons, this idea should not be implemented, or at least only implemented with extreme caution.
I'm with Curtis on this one. Seems like setting users up for errors. I can't imagine a circumstance where you would be using Inventor on a computer with a mouse and no keyboard, so I don't really see a use for this that outweighs the potential it has for causing problems.
I'd tend to agree with you all that this could be a dangerous functionality. I think if it were implemented, the best way to do it would be like this: It only works immediately after you've selected or dragged one of the "handles" that appear when you're modifying an Extrusion, Revolution, Fillet, etc. And there would have to be some obvious visual indication, unlike there is now, that the handle has been selected. Then, this scroll functionality would feel more like moving the handle than like changing the value specifically.
Again, though, you would still have the issue of "how much" to move it by as JBerns mentioned. Maybe in rounded increments of some percentage of the visible graphics area would be a good starting place.
Still... this seems more like a gimmick than anything else. Inventor is a professional software, and professionals generally enter precise values, not drag things around until they look nice. Maybe not always, but generally.
You can do this already. While creating the section view, hover your cursor over the offset dimension edit box. Scroll the wheel to increment the offset distance. Right-click outside the edit box to set the step increment.
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just make it more like solidworks!!!.... I will say that because I have paid my dues in Inventor. It should be better in EVERY way from solidworks by now!
It/they had it in 2007 and I have been designing in Inventor since ver10 and MDT before Inventor's workable maturity @ ver10 . I have been wait on that and copy and paste context menu in the dimension boxes. Get with it Autodesk!
How bout those English numbered drills too, and magnet Osnaps! Really? I'm getting greyer!
PLEASE add this feature! It is my most missed feature from Solidworks, a true game changer when I discovered this tool and the easy way of tuning the increments.
As a designer, tools that allow for fluid adjustments to find the right proportion are incredibly powerful workflow tools. If I'm trying to constrain a sketch to allow quick editing and I want to explore 3-4 different dimension, it's a lot more work to punch in 3-4 different values on a keyboard for each variation, when it could be a simple scroll up or scroll down.
Totally agree that the shift for 10x scroll would make this feature so much more useful. I'm another recovering SolidWorks user. I work in consumer electronics, and I'm constantly going back and forth between PCB component scale (0.1mm increment) and hand-held device scale (1mm increment). Having that shift option to switch between these is something I miss intensely, especially for sectioning. Setting to one of these would either be too slow or much too course.
At least I know how to change the increment now thanks @JBerns. Right clicking OFF the box wasn't intuitive; I had tried right clicking ON the box. These settings would be great to have in the DISPLAY tab in Application Settings.
Please add this feature!!! It is stock standard in many other software and despite what others say above, it does not cause errors and simply saves time. it could even be off by default if that truly is a concern, although i dont see how that argument could be made if it is made obvious enough through ui highlighting of the input box
I would also love this feature. Please consider adding it. or at least increase/decrease arrows so I don't have to take my hand off the mouse to enter a dimension.
