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This idea is to improve our overall controls over the Sketch Dimensions.
- Imagine being able to take a dimension and right clicking it and picking the Redefine button. Then picking the new defining feature and keeping the parameter name and value entered and all references to that same dimension.
Currently: You have to delete the dimension and place a new dimension, then change it's name and update all other references to that dimension which could be dozens+ and the entire process can take hours depending on the complexity. Not to mention the parameters name in the list of parameters move and you can't resort/arrange that list. So if it's a very important dimension on a template for length, you better hope you don't ever have to move it. It's currently not user friendly to leave us having to work around this type of issue.
(sorry, I don't have an good example image to show for this. Maybe someone else can comment with one?)
- Allow us to align & arrange dimension in sketch. This would allow us to neatly organize dimensions for later use downstream for users that are trying to evaluate how a part was made and why. We are trained from day 1 of drawing layouts to be OCD about the placement of dimensions. And to be given a tool (Inventor) that just willy-nilly throws dimensions around in space just feels wrong. Now let's talk about how:
- You would simply select the 2 dimensions side by side, right click menu>Constrain Dim>Align Text Lines. This would constrain the text lines to always be aligned, so moving 1 would move both. You can further right click and disable the feature to break them apart.
- Select multiple sketch dimensions, right click>Constrain Dim>Landing Gap. This would space this from the edge of source for sketch dimension. Similar to how Styles already does this. It would just automatically snap them into place and when you zoom in and out, it'll scale with the view. You could even select multiple sketch dimensions for it to automatically stack them.
I would say this next image would require you to select the defining feature for the landing gap.
- Lock placement of sketch dimension. Select>Constrain Dim>Lock. It'll update the original placement of the dimensions arms to the new location and stop it from moving around every time you open/edit the sketch. You can unlock later too.
- You would simply select the 2 dimensions side by side, right click menu>Constrain Dim>Align Text Lines. This would constrain the text lines to always be aligned, so moving 1 would move both. You can further right click and disable the feature to break them apart.
- Allow us to update sketch dimension visual scaling. Simply by selecting sketch dimension and right click>Update visual scaling. See related idea 4 for another image.
- Allow us to leave leaders in the sketch to help us leave direct notes behind for future users downstream. We don't intend to share these things with downstream vendors or shop workers. But for fellow designers. So they don't make a change and unknowingly forget a limitation/factor of the current design.
Others have been complaining about these topics since I started back in 2004.
This idea is a combination of these related idea posts that have been ignored:
- https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/more-control-over-sketch-dimensions/idi-p/3824727
- https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/possibility-to-change-dimension-attachment-in-sketch/i...
- https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/ability-to-redefine-dimensions/idi-p/4303586
- https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/dimension-line-rescaling-in-sketches/idi-p/7844101
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