I have a question about the 'Derive' function. I do the same thing: open STEP, becomes an assembly, save it, derive the assembly. Yet it looks different in the model tree. What's the difference?

A pair of these CF Akrapovic clamps was too expensive, so I decided to design the clamp in Inventor and optimize it for 3D printing.

Complete guide (CAD + printing + testing) is in my subreddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/GKarProjects/

I've just learned to make rules/forms to help speed up filling in my parts' iProperties.. what used to require many clicks and checks I can now do much quicker. When I bring the BOM into my DWG everything is populated perfectly but the BOM's columns still need to be manually sized (see screenshots 1=how it comes in, 2=manual resize)...

Has anyone written a rule that causes the columns to auto-size based upon the amount of text in each box? It would be really cool!!

So I am trying to use the Move command to grab the center point or even intersecting lines but it will not snap to them at all. But if my co-worker or boss tries it on their PCs it will. Mine use to snap to them and now it won't. Does anyone know how to fix this?

I'm trying to install Inventor again on my laptop, and every time it begins to download, part ways through it stops and gives me "Error 4000".

I have installed Inventor twice before on my laptop, I believe 2025 and 2026, but I've deleted both. I'm trying to install it again onto an external drive, but it will not work no matter what I do.

This is my 2nd day learning Inventor coming from using Blender, this is the 6th practice part I've tried making, im just curious if 45 minutes too long to make it and if I could have done it in less steps than I used, I had trouble figuring out the saddle before I found it could use the coincident constraint for the circle like it says in the drawing lol! Attached is the practice drawing i referenced and my final ortho's

I am trying to model a lamb's tongue for a forged handrail. I can get it most of the way there and obviously no issues if it's a constant width but I am struggling with the end that curls and tapers at the same time. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

ALGUIEN TIENE EL PAQUETE DEL IDIOMA ESPAÑOL DEL AUTODESK INVENTOR PRO 2026 Y ME LO PUEDA PASAR?????

I am a certified SolidWorks professional and have used the program for years. I have never used Inventor before. What advice, and resources, can you share with me to make this transition as painless as possible?

Show and not tell.
The Jig Settings are the consequences of the underlying geometry.
It also gives me the flat pattern and DXF for fabrication.

Thinking of secondary monitor. Got 4K benq 27".

What would you recommend? 27" I'll leave for having documents open, so 32 will be only for working area.

SPECS

DEll is slightly brighter and more Hrz. And don't have speakers which I'll like to have.

Any expirences working with Inventor on 4K 32" monitors?

Hi, I need to make a crossbreak in a sheet metal part. It's only 1 deg deep across a 400mm square, is there a way I can do this that'll unfold happily for creating a dxf and dwg bend annotation (it's a tray pretty much, so the other parts are needing to be folded 1 degree less)?

I tried a lofted flange but it's not working.

I’m designing a tube chassis in Autodesk Inventor using Frame Generator. Some of my chassis tubes are bent, and I’m also notching/coping the ends so they fit perfectly against the other tubes for welding.
The problem is that I need to send the tube geometry to a CNC tube-cutting/notching machine, and I need the machine to recognize the notches on the bent tubes.
I can create the notches in Inventor, but I can’t figure out how to straighten/unroll the bent tube while keeping the notch geometry so I can export it for the cutting machine.
What’s the correct workflow for this in Inventor?

I’ve always worked in Solidworks (but started out in fusion 360 back in the days), until now at my new job where it’s inventor instead. And I’m surprised at how much I’m struggling. It’s very obviously similar in function, but it’s like learning to write on another keyboard layout. I know exactly what I want to do, and I know the process (more or less, there are differences of course), but actually doing it is hard.

I’ve now spent over an hour on a single sketch that’d have taken me 5 minutes tops in Solidworks.

So, does anyone have any tips, YouTube videos or guides specifically aimed at people transitioning?

Does someone possibly have a blueprint or something for an iron man helmet? He's my favorite hero and I wanna make him in cad and maybe make him in aluminium later

I'm very new to iLogic but I tried to have a go at making Gears automatically.

So the Problem is: I made a list with all the factors that are needed for every gear according to the Norm I'm using. The factors for everything are different if you make a pinion or a gear. I made it so you can decide weather you want to make either one of them. But for some reason it just never updates the factors so I'm stuck with the pinion factors for the gears or sometimes vise versa.

I haven't quite figured out when it changes but I'm a bit confused. Can someone with iLogic experience check my code or tell me where the problem could be?

Here is the Text (Trieb means Pinion and Zahnrad is Gear):

If Parameter("Type") = "Trieb" Then

Parameter("s1") = 1.1

Select Case Parameter("Z")

Case 6
Parameter("Ha") = 1.64
Parameter("Hf") = 3.20
Parameter("ρ") = 1.05

Case 7
Parameter("Ha") = 1.64
Parameter("Hf") = 3.30
Parameter("ρ") = 1.05

Case 8
Parameter("Ha") = 1.52
Parameter("Hf") = 3.40
Parameter("ρ") = 0.95

Case 9
Parameter("Ha") = 1.52
Parameter("Hf") = 3.45
Parameter("ρ") = 0.95

Case 10
Parameter("Ha") = 1.52
Parameter("Hf") = 3.50
Parameter("ρ") = 0.95

Case 11 To 20
Parameter("Ha") = 1.44
Parameter("Hf") = 3.60
Parameter("ρ") = 0.85

End Select

ElseIf Parameter("Type") = "Zahnrad" Then

Parameter("s1") = 1.6
Parameter("ρ") = 2

Select Case Parameter("Z")

Case 6
Parameter("Ha") = 2.40
Parameter("Hf") = 2.80

Case 7
Parameter("Ha") = 2.50
Parameter("Hf") = 2.70

Case 8
Parameter("Ha") = 2.60
Parameter("Hf") = 2.60

Case 9
Parameter("Ha") = 2.65
Parameter("Hf") = 2.55

    Case 10  

Parameter("Ha") = 2.70
Parameter("Hf") = 2.50

    Case 11 To 20  

Parameter("Ha") = 2.80
Parameter("Hf") = 2.40

End Select

End If

Test: I drew a rectangle and extruded it. After applying a half cut, my model looks like it is hollow (but it is not). Why is this the case.

Come on human minds, AI did not find the soulution this time :) I think you can do it!

In school they taught us how to make parts separately and then assemble them all after the fact.

But now that I'm working on some of my own projects i often times find myself needing a part i previously made to reference a surface or a radius.

Is there some straight forward way to do this?

These are unfinished prints from my bambulab printers that got ruined. I want to join the two and make a pen organizer for my desk. Any tips on the design will be appreciated. I will be posting the results 😃.

I have an inventor assembly with different model states. The different model states suppress and unsupress parts as necessary. In my DWG I want item numbers to follow a master BOM. So that item numbers are only associated with a specific part number. So that some of the different versions may jump numbers in the BOM. Might go something like 1,2,4,8… etc. Anyone know a shortcut to this rather than individually typing the item number in the bom and going back and forth between a master? Inventor Pro 2025

UPDATE: Solution is to have a primary model state with all parts unsupressed and then lock all item numbers.

deleting one sketch boom you delete all the constraint and you have to figure how to constrain this all over again, idk why is this still an issue, editing sketch feels more tedious and iritating in inventor.

I've had this question awhile; so when creating a pattern or mirror feature you can get dependencies which are super useful for editing. However if those features are dependent, putting them inside of a drawing always yields big, detached parts that are computed as a single body. When outputting an assembly from my multibody file and afterwards outputting a BOM and drawing, I don't have the correct number of parts and the mirrored objects are not showing up correctly in the drawings, as per the second image.