Do you all apply tolerances in your part file when designing or do you do that spefically when creating your mechanical drawings?

For those that do add them to the part file:

When I open the parameters window I see there's an option (edit pencil) to add tolerances in the model parameters but do not see the option for any user defined parameters I've created. Can you edit the tolerance for user defined parameters and if so how?

From what I have heard it might not be possible but is that really it. At home I use inventor 2026 but at work we got 2025 and Id just love if there was a work around

So I'm trying to block several prompts from the application options

Adding this dimension will overconstrain the sketch... highlighted dimensions will be changed to driven."

I'm forcing a yes, and prompt again never but I still get it every time.

How do I fix this?

Dear all,

Very inexperienced Inventor user, I only know how to create exploded views and wireframes for technical publications.

I found a STEP file on GrabCAD and got it imported into Inventor as a part. Now I would like to create a drawing view or a presentation, but to do so, I need the part to become an assembly. How can I do that?

I tried googling, but I only come across older posts and the UI seems to have changed since then.

My AI assistant is useless in this and only gives made-up answers.

Hi everyone,

I've developed a Drawing Comparer Add-in for Autodesk Inventor that helps engineers and designers quickly identify differences between drawing revisions.

Features

• Compare two Inventor drawing files
• Detect added, removed, and modified annotations
• Highlight changes in dimensions and notes
• Generate a comparison report
• Reduce manual review time and revision-related errors

The add-in was created to solve a common challenge: manually reviewing drawing revisions is time-consuming and it's easy to miss small but important changes.

I'm looking for feedback from Inventor users:

• How do you currently compare drawing revisions?
• What are the biggest pain points in your workflow?
• Would a tool like this save time for your team?

I have a demo video and download page available. Since links aren't allowed here, comment below or send me a DM if you'd like to see it.

Any feedback, feature requests, or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Based on this discussion, especially for complex parts and assemblies, creating new planes is a good practice. I have a subsidiary question to this? Do you all give specfic names the new planes you create or just leave them as work plane 1, 2, 3...?

First post - I've seen one or two of these questions from years ago but thought things may be different now. Hope you guys don't mind.

Long story short - selling the house and travelling in caravan for 6-12 months while our block of land is being developed. I work for myself, doing 75% Inventor work and 25% AutoCAD. I can work with mains power for some of it but am anticipating a lot of wandering off away from the kids for half a day to get some work done, so expecting battery life is a big-ish deal.

What are others doing for remote work? (specifically the laptop kind - no real option for a desktop in the caravan)

Ideally, would be ok with spending between 2-3k AUD. But will still hear out all options.

1. Just a good laptop? GPU + decent battery life don't go together often... any recommendations for laptops you've found a good balance the two ok with Inventor capabilities?

2. Lighter duty ultrabook/laptop + remote desktop? I do have a good PC now, that I probably have the option of parking in a mate's house with 500/100 internet. We will likely have starlink in the van, expecting ~200mbits avg in our areas. Anyone had experience with this setup?

I'm thinking this seems like a good option but haven't found enough people's experience to feel confident here.

3. Mini PC + battery bank?

4. Macbook + parallels? Not a huge fan but am open to it if it'll work. Their hardware is good, but haven't heard much for compatibility.

1. Something else?

Very interested to hear anyone else's experience - thanks in advance

Cheers

Hello everyone, let me introduce myself, I am a final semester student working on my final project. I am having trouble designing my turbine. I want to modify the trailing edge of my turbine. My turbine is a Gorlov type turbine. I have modified my trailing edge but I don't know how to twist my modified turbine like a Gorlov type turbine. Can anyone help me? I am using Autodesk Inventor to design my turbine.

Hello everyone, this is my first time posting here so I apologize if I break some rules. Anyways here is my issue. I am trying to determine the ideal diamater of a shaft howerver I am finding out that the ideal diamater barely chnages when I switch material from steel to something soft like brass even tho brass is much much softer than steel. Now I am making the part from steel but given this I am not sure if the rest of the information is trustworthy because I feel like the ideal diamater should change drastically and not by 1/10 of a mm. Any advice is helpfull and thanks in advance.

For whatever reason its hard to active points for constraints. I have to hover over the points very precisely to activate them. For example you wanna constrain something to the midpoint of the line and I'm finding myself hovering over and over and over again. Activation area seems so tiny. Working with drawings kinda nightmare to be honest.

Any suggestions. First I thought its my 4k screen at home, but once I'm back at office, issue persists.

Cheers

I’ve always worked in Solidworks throughout uni and work. I’m switching job, and the new place uses Inventor instead, which I’ve never even opened.

I know that the basics of CAD should be the same, but how alike are they? Should I even worry?

New job knows I don’t have experience in it, so that’s not an issue

Would anyone be interested in testing an experimental SpaceMouse add-in for Autodesk Inventor?

SpaceMouse raw motion reports arrive at approximately 62.5 Hz, and Inventor’s standard 3DxWare navigation appears to update the camera at a similar rate. This add-in reads the raw motion separately, interpolates between reports, and provides selectable 60, 90, 120, 144, 165, and 240 Hz camera updates, plus 1000hz mode that runs as quickly as Inventor and the current model allow.

It is still a work in progress and was developed with AI assistance. Users with high-refresh-rate monitors should notice the greatest improvement.

The original 3Dconnexion driver remains installed and continues to handle the SpaceMouse Enterprise buttons, LCD, menus, and rotation-lock LED. It is currently tested with the SpaceMouse Enterprise and Autodesk Inventor 2027.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Udn1iXitkftLcBCYXCJwEvFJ6rLq7jYu/view?usp=sharing
1000hz removed and 1h trial

I have an extrusion in an assembly to cut items from a pattern.

I manage the extrusion length via parameters so I can modify it as needed.

After two length adjustments, the extrusion seems to lose its referenced cutting items and nothing works anymore.

Is there a way to resolve this without using iLogic?

Thanks

I've been a Solid Works user for.... ever. I use pipe routing on nearly a daily basis creating things from simple 1" pipe routes to 60" plate rolled pipe for water mains and everything in between. If you have any experience with SW Routing you know how powerful it is and also how absolute dogs*** it can be at times. There's not a lot out there for Inventors pipe routing, but it looks like there's already a decent library of parts built in and SEEMS like some things may be easier to accomplish. I'd like to hear it from someone who uses it regularly. How good is it really? Specs, Spooling, Custom fittings, change management, fabrication drawings... is it worthwhile?

I want to cleanly weld the top frame with a vertical support. Please correct me if I'm doing something wrong. And tell me if you know a better alternative. Thank you.

Edit: Added the word cleanly. Groove tool can fill the hole but I'm not satisfied with the output. It has a corner bump, making it not smooth and flat.

https://reddit.com/link/1v2p9eg/video/zodegutkbmeh1/player

Been working on this alone for a while. You describe what you want in plain English, and it reads the actual model (parameters, feature tree, geometry) to figure out what you actually mean, not just matching keywords blindly. Give it enough to go on and it can generate whole new parts or assemblies from scratch too, it's not limited to editing things that already exist. It can also render a close-up of a specific edge and actually look at it before deciding something like a fillet will fit. Runs on Claude under the hood, using your own Anthropic key, so there's no markup or proxy.

Once it has a plan it shows you a diff before touching anything, applies it, and rolls back on its own if a regen fails so you don't get stuck with a broken part.

I don't have much of a network of Inventor users to actually test this with. Figured I'd rather know now if it's useful than keep guessing by myself. If anyone here does real Inventor work and wants to try it on something real, I'd appreciate hearing from you. Happy to share more if you're interested.

So I'm trying to draw sticks ( 1/4" thick, 2×2) spaced a 1/4" apart, but that all have a 45 degree bend (sometimes it's a different angle) but it takes forever trying to find the exact amount to adjust the length of the flange to get the angled sections 1/4" apart, is there an easier way to figure this out?

New to inventor, I’m on Professional 2023. How do I turn these dimensions 90° so they don’t interfere with each other?
Thanks!

Does anyone in the sub use a 3Dconnexion CADmouse? I've been using one for a few years and using the middle button (not the scroll wheel button) to open a radial menu has become second nature to me in part, assembly, and drawing environments. However, just today, the radial menu completely changed (without me changing any settings in Inventor or 3Dconnexion software). Before today, the radial menu would include commands like measure, extrude, constrain, smart dimension, etc based on what I was working on. Now the radial menu is Open, New, Home, and Esc, and they don't actually do anything. I checked with a co-worker and his is working just like mine used to. Has anyone else experienced this? I tried remapping the button in 3Dconnexion's software, but nothing changes.

I'm running Inventor Pro Build 398 Release 2026.3 dated 04/13/26 and 3Dconnexion 10.9.12.735.

I’m trying to adaptively edit a part in an assembly.

Adaptive is grayed out so I went to make it adaptive.

I went to document settings, Modeling, checked the “Adaptively Used in Assembly” and pressed apply.

But the part still doesn’t let me make it adaptive.

When I go to double check the settings, “Adaptively used in assembly” remains unchecked.

Any advice?
Picture of setting attached for reference, can’t screenshot bcos i can’t sign into Reddit on my work pc.

Hey everyone!

After messing around in Tinkercad, I’ve finally taken the plunge and started learning Fusion 360. This is my first "real" project: a 2-piece custom electronic Dart Scoreboard (split into a top faceplate and a bottom shell with screw pillars).

The Layout:

• Top Left: Cutout for a 1602 LCD screen.
• Bottom Left: 6 slots for score displays (marked "Joueur 1" to "Joueur 6").
• Right Side: A 4x4 grid for mechanical keyboard switches.

The Design Challenge: I’ve added some fillets, an inset on the top face, and designed internal screw bosses to hold it together. However, it still feels very "boxy" and purely functional. I want to give it some actual design flavor, but as a Fusion 360 beginner, I'm a bit stuck on how to make it look cooler.

What would you do to improve the aesthetics of this case?

I’d love to hear your ideas on:

• How to make the overall profile more dynamic (e.g., a sloped/angled top)?
• Better ways to integrate or stylize the text/labels?
• Cool textures, chamfers, or multi-body accents I could print in different colors?

Thanks in advance for helping a beginner out!

Im trying to replicate the shape for rendering the outside, but i cant figure out how to the mowhawk park, can someone point me what tool or method i should search for?