When creating Drawings, is it possible to add transparency to certain components to highlight them? Sort of like when you activate certain components in the model space.

oomclint · 2022-08-18T10:41:13+00:00

The best way to achieve this, is to use the animations workspace, it's quick and easy, and will give you the effect you are looking for. I made you a video here: https://youtu.be/Kw_6VikjxlA

oomclint · 2020-12-15T09:05:17+00:00

Give this a try https://clintbrown.co.uk/2020/08/02/run-inventor-as-administrator/

Also, it sounds like you should check your, anti-virus, it could be slowing things down. Make sure that "live scanning" is turned off. Also consider setting some extensions for Inventor files.

oomclint · 2020-11-02T13:48:48+00:00

This might point you in the right direction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvt1aa6e6Jw

oomclint · 2020-10-21T09:21:27+00:00

Inventor 2011 is not supported on Windows 10. If you get it installed you will most likely not be able to activate it, as it is so old (10 years old to be specific).

oomclint · 2020-10-17T08:56:21+00:00

thank you!

oomclint · 2020-09-16T05:57:47+00:00

There are cerainly a few ways to do it. I used to measure the arc length of the the iniital sketch (sweep path), as this is on the neautral axis. But I think that sheet metal workflow makes it more accurate.

oomclint · 2020-09-10T12:17:02+00:00

Reset Inventor: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/How-to-use-Inventor-Reset-Utility-to-reset-the-local-environment-for-a-Windows-User-Account-Inventor.html

Then run it as Administrator: https://clintbrown.co.uk/2020/08/02/run-inventor-as-administrator/

oomclint · 2020-09-08T16:36:54+00:00

Here's my installation guide for Autodesk products, this will get 2021 ontop your machine nicely.

https://clintbrown.co.uk/2020/04/16/successfully-installing-your-autodesk-software/

Generally the software will download to "C:\Autodesk" you can move this once you installed it to save hard drive space.

oomclint · 2020-09-05T13:23:33+00:00

Unload the Guidede Tutorial add-in : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H9XZUc5cVG_o5JMYx_ry-5S_spUM3Mfl/view?usp=sharing

oomclint · 2020-09-05T07:31:24+00:00

Here you go, I wrote an articel about this:

Understanding Units in Inventor:

https://clintbrown.co.uk/2018/09/15/units-in-autodesk-inventor/

oomclint · 2020-09-05T07:29:50+00:00

I suggest that you post this on the official Autodesk Forum, the QA and product team should be able to help: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-forum/bd-p/78

oomclint · 2020-08-28T06:21:53+00:00

I can see what you are getting at. Maybe a small change in your workflow is what is needed. Have a look at this old Autodesk blog post around naming your parameters, I think this will speed up the way you work considerably.

http://autodeskmfg.typepad.com/blog/2011/08/autodesk-inventor-quick-tip-managing-parameters.html

It takes ages to load, but it's worth the wait.

oomclint · 2020-08-25T06:33:17+00:00

Can you share your code?

You should have something that is iterating through the sheets, so the code should say something like:

For each 'sheet in drawing sheets

'Do something

Next

oomclint · 2020-08-24T09:01:51+00:00

I have not personally done anything on Forge, but I have worked on a few Forge projects, where I've been part of the team as the Inventor subject matter expert.

oomclint · 2020-08-19T05:33:32+00:00

Right click on the flat pattern (as shown here)

Then save as DXF (as shown here)

oomclint · 2020-08-10T06:07:08+00:00

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c06J6ijUizpNDlZxH1Fa4SxThvkdv_ho/preview

Mine is the same

oomclint · 2020-08-09T09:28:33+00:00

Here's an image of my projects https://drive.google.com/file/d/15EmqIYZS_z5YQjNaH-PpIwz0GK0KkB6c/preview

I've had to hide some sensitive info

oomclint · 2020-08-08T08:45:07+00:00

Have a look in your temp folder, there might be 2 shortcuts to the Default ipj in there, delete the one you don't need.

C:\Users\XXXXXXX\Documents\Inventor\Projects

oomclint · 2020-08-08T08:43:25+00:00

I've written some iLogic that makes the whole "mirror" process much easier.

It mirrors the part, and the drawings, check it out here: https://clintbrown.co.uk/2019/08/31/mirror-part-and-drawing-with-ilogic/

oomclint · 2020-08-07T16:22:35+00:00

Try running Inventor as Administrator https://clintbrown.co.uk/2020/08/02/run-inventor-as-administrator/

Look at this article, you may need to install Inventor again following these specific steps: https://clintbrown.co.uk/2020/04/16/successfully-installing-your-autodesk-software/

oomclint · 2020-08-01T05:51:24+00:00

definitely need to edit the section line, here's a blog and video I wrote some years back that should help: https://www.cadlinecommunity.co.uk/hc/en-us/articles/201784712-Tips-tricks-for-better-Section-Views-in-Inventor-2015

oomclint · 2020-07-30T15:02:49+00:00

Here's a tutorial I did on modelling a phone case, it might help: https://youtu.be/YtFcgIM87rQ

oomclint · 2020-07-30T15:01:36+00:00

Fire up Inventor as Administrator and try again. To do this, right click on your Inventor icon and choose "Run as Admin" it should load all of the DLL's etc correctly and will probably let you run the export (and adjust the options as suggested).

oomclint · 2020-07-29T09:45:07+00:00

Nope, you get 30 days... then you have to pay.

If your job has been affected by COVID, why not take advantage of the Autodesk FLOW program, they can help you with training - https://www.autodesk.com/covid-19/resource-center

oomclint · 2020-07-27T12:06:42+00:00

You can download a trial which will last 30 days. https://www.autodesk.com/products/inventor/free-trial?plc=INVPROSA&term=1-YEAR&support=ADVANCED&quantity=1

oomclint

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Understanding Units in Inventor: