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What’s New in Autodesk Inventor Professional 2024

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What's New in Autodesk Inventor Professional 2024

Autodesk Inventor Professional  2024 is out with a focus on new features and over 100 customer driven enhancements for MBD, Part Modeling, Assembly, Drawings, Graphics, Performance, iLogic, Content Center and the API.

Here’s the top features and enhancements in Autodesk Inventor Professional 2024.

General Enhancements

General

It is now possible to set Perspective With Ortho Faces as the default view setting in both Document Settings and Application options.

  • Set ‘Perspective With Ortho Faces’ as the default view setting

Application Options:

  • Display tab > Appearance > Settings >
  • Display Appearance dialog > Initial Display Appearance > Projection

Modeling document:

  • Document Settings > Standard tab > Display Appearance >
  • Settings > Initial Display Appearance > Projection

Graphics

Render Size Limit Removed

Inventor Studio has had, until now, an imposed 4096 x 4096 pixel rendering output. The limitation has been removed and Inventor Studio will render images up to 16K x 16K resolution, depending on what your graphics card supports.

Custom Environment Image Support

The workflow for using custom hdr and exr images with IBL lighting styles is much improved and is supported for both CPU and GPU ray tracing.

Support for IBL backgrounds

GPU ray tracing now supports rendering with IBL backgrounds.

The following enhancements in Graphics have been added:

  • Section view tools expanded
    • Flip
    • Move
    • Rotate
    • End cap
  • Section options added to mini-toolbar
  • Edit and suppress section views in “View Representations”
  • Control Section View end cap preview during section view plane dragging
  • <= 500 parts – end cap shown by default
  • > 500 parts – end cap not shown
  • Override the setting by selecting or deselecting the option in the mini-toolbar
  • Use custom IBL environment
  • GPU ray tracing now supports:
    • IBL environments
    • Threads
  • Ray Tracing UI update

Part Modeling Enhancements

Sheet Metal

Enhanced profile detection on overlapping sketches

Parameter Window

Text and Boolean values can now be exported

  • Boolean has the options of:
    • Text (True or False)
    • Number (0 or 1)
    • Yes or No
  • Hardness

Mark Feature

  • New behaviour section:
    • Project
    • Wrap (new)
  • Choose direction for mark
  • Mark across multiple coplanar surfaces

Assembly Modeling Enhancements

Oriented Minimum Bounding Box

  • Rotate Bounding Boxes to match angle of parts
  • Represents footprint of components more accurately
  • Available in:
    • Simplify
    • Derive
  • Simplify – bounding box edges measured and appear in parameter window

Patterns

Rectangular Pattern

You can now select a revolved face, cylindrical or conical, to define the direction for a component pattern. The Pattern Component command uses the face axis to define the pattern direction. Use the standard controls to flip the direction.

It is not necessary to activate the selector when using an origin axis, clicking the flyout activates the selector and chooses the selected axis. The direction selection does not change with the activation of the selector, you must also select a new direction.

Circular Pattern

Circular pattern for components is enhanced to provide incremental and fitted positioning methods.

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New: Finish Feature

The new Finish feature enables you to not only specify the appearance of your parts, components and assemblies, but also the manufacturing process such as material coating or surface finish.

All applied finishes are listed in a new Finishes folder in the browser. You can re-order the finishes in the browser node, suppress, rename or delete them.

In Drawings, a new “Parameters – Finish” type category is added to the Leader Text and the Format Text dialogs to enable Finish information to be used in drawing notes. These parameters will automatically be updated if changed in the modelling environment. This enhances your drawing by adding additional manufacturing process information to the documentation.

Each Finish feature setting has a parameter with corresponding unique name in the “Finish Parameters” category in the Parameters dialog. All Finish parameters can be exported. Exported parameters are displayed in iProperties. Note that change in iProperties doesn’t affect the model finish feature parameters.

The Finish feature can be captured in Model States, iPart an iAssembly.

3D Annotations (MBD) Enhancements

3D Weld Symbols

3D weld symbols are now available as one of the 3D annotation types. Create and edit weld and subweld symbols in a part or assembly model. Then, retrieve the associative symbols in drawings. 3D weld symbols are included in exports to 3D PDF, DWF, and Shared Views.

3DA Envelope Requirement Modifier

The Envelope Requirement modifier is now available for hole notes and dimensions. In the annotation preview, click on a dimension and in the toolbar select the envelope modifier.

Annotation Scale

In this release, 1:5 scale is added to the annotation scale drop down per DIN EN ISO 55455

All Over Modifier

The All Over modifier is now available for feature control annotations.

Drawing Enhancements

Sheet Property

Sheet Name is added as a Sheet Property and can be used in text.

It is now easier to recognize if a filter is applied to the parts list. An icon in the browser and the Parts List dialog displays a filter symbol when one is applied.

Break Line

A change was made to the “Break Out Line” object type for ISO standards. Until now, the “Visible” layer on “Thickness” was set to 0.5 mm. Now, as per the updated standard, the “Break Out Line” object type uses the “Break Line” layer by default with a thickness of 0.25 mm. This also applies to DIN/GB/JIS standards.

Many 2D weld symbols in drawings were updated as per ISO/BSI/DIN/GB standards. The newly introduced 3D weld symbols use ISO, DIN and ANSI standards. The changes include updating the names of fields and adding new fields depending on the selected weld type. The changes were made to Square Butt Welds, Fillet Welds, or Plug Welds for example.

Drawing Line Colour Controls

With this release, color scheme settings can be set for drawing sketch elements. Until now, it was difficult to work with elements if their color conflicted with the sheet color setting. The new Sketch options under the Drafting heading allow the color of sketch elements to be set for the drawing environment.

Revision Clouds

Revision clouds are full-fledged Inventor objects and no longer in the SDK. Add them to drawing sheets or views, move them around, add or delete vertices, and like other annotation styles the formatting is managed using the Styles Editor. Being sketch-based they can be edited either in their cloud state or from the sketch.

Edge Symbol

Starting from this release of Inventor, you can define an Edge Symbol based on ISO 13715:2019 standard. The new Edge Symbol command is added to the Symbols panel of the Annotate tab. The Edge symbol style is added to the drawing Style and Standard Editor.

Tube and Pipe Enhancements

Custom Elbows

In previous versions of Inventor, it was only possible to add a 45 or 90 degree elbow to a rigid pipe run. Starting from this release , it is now possible to apply custom angled elbows.

When a style with Custom Elbows is activated, select the Custom Elbows option in the Route dialog and either use the curved arrow manipulators, or type a value to angle the elbow relative to the current position.

  • When dragged by 45 or 90 degrees, the route is populated with a rigid elbow. Rigid elbow is placed as a Standardpart.
  • When dragged to other than 45 or 90 degrees, the route is populated with a custom elbow. Custom elbow is placed as a Custompart

Minimum and maximum angles are defined in the Custom Angle (CA) column within the Content Center part.

New Custom Elbow Styles

New styles which support the use of custom elbows (Custom Elbow 45, Custom Angle 90) are available in the Tube and Pipe Styles dialog.

iLogic Enhancements

Vault Workflow Enhancements

With Inventor 2024, working with Vault has never been easier. New functions added to iLogic allow Inventor to check out, get files, search Vault, and much more as part of your automations. Vault code snippets added to the editor make it easy to quickly get started.

Add a Custom Content Center Part

You now have the ability to place and define a custom part in iLogic. Create a custom part in Content Center, or insert a standard Content Center part as a custom part, and create a rule to capture the current state. The “AddCustomConterCenterPart” function is created. When you edit the part and repeat the capture operation, iLogic rule updates accordingly. Also, when you edit the rule, the part updates as well.

Close an Open Form

A new function to close an open form is added in this release of Inventor. Note that this is only available for non-modal forms.

Interoperability Enhancements

UCS Support

Both JT and STEP support the option to include UCS on import.

OBJ Import

Performance when opening OBJ files has been improved.

Solid Edge

Support for reading SolidEdge 2023 is added.

Parasolid

Support for importing and exporting Parasolid version 35 is added.

Access to Manual Inspection added to Fusion 360 tools

From within Inventor you can send a part (.ipt) file to Fusion 360 and create manual inspection tasks.

Fusion Exports Workflow

If a change has occurred in the Inventor model state or design view used for a Fusion 360 export, and you click Open in Fusion 360 in the export context menu, you are notified that the Inventor model and Fusion 360 model are out of sync and are given the option to update the Fusion 360 model before opening it.

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Streamlining MEP Design with Autodesk: An In-Depth Look at AutoCAD MEP and Inventor's Tools and Benefits

MEP (mechanical, electrical, and piping) design is an essential part of building construction, and Autodesk’s Product Design and Manufacturing Industry Collection provides software tools to simplify and streamline the MEP design process. In this blog post, we’ll explore how Autodesk’s AutoCAD MEP and Inventor can be used for efficient and accurate MEP design

Using AutoCAD MEP for MEP Design

AutoCAD MEP is a powerful software tool specifically designed for MEP industry professionals. It comes equipped with a range of tools that make MEP design more efficient, including mechanical, electrical, and plumbing content, tool palettes, space coordination, electrical circuiting, and data extraction. These tools make it easy to create, edit, and share MEP designs with precision and accuracy

Use AutoCAD MEP to design HVAC systems and extend capabilities with Revit MEP (BIM) and cadMEP, ESTmep and CAMduct (Fabrication)

Using Autodesk Inventor for MEP Design

Autodesk Inventor is a 3D mechanical design software tool that can be used for MEP design. Its tube and pipe routing features, assembly environment, XREF, and AnyCAD features make it ideal for designing and analysing piping systems. The software allows for the creation of intelligent 3D models that can be used for interference checking, stress analysis, and simulation, providing MEP professionals with the necessary tools to streamline their design process.

Benefits of Using Autodesk's Product Design and Manufacturing Industry Collection

Using Autodesk’s Product Design and Manufacturing Industry Collection provides many benefits for MEP design. It saves time, improves accuracy, and ensures compliance with industry standards. With this software collection, MEP professionals have access to a suite of tools that can be used for 2D and 3D design, simulation, and analysis. Additionally, the software integrates with other Autodesk products, allowing for seamless collaboration between teams.

Importing DWG Files into AutoCAD MEP and Inventor

Both AutoCAD MEP and Inventor allow for the import of 2D and 3D DWG files. In AutoCAD MEP, you can import 2D DWG files using the “Insert” command. You can also import 3D DWG files and use them as a reference to create a new MEP model. In Inventor, you can import 2D DWG files using the AnyCAD feature. This feature allows you to link the 2D DWG file to your Inventor model, allowing you to update your design in real-time.

XREFing an Inventor Model into AutoCAD MEP

In addition to importing DWG files, you can also XREF an Inventor model into AutoCAD MEP. This feature allows you to bring in a 3D model created in Inventor and use it as a reference for your AutoCAD MEP model. By doing so, you can ensure that your MEP design is accurate and coordinated with other building systems.

Conclusion

In conclusion, Autodesk’s Product Design and Manufacturing Industry Collection provides MEP professionals with a suite of tools that can be used to streamline their design process. AutoCAD MEP and Inventor are two software tools that provide MEP professionals with a range of features, including mechanical, electrical, and plumbing content, tube and pipe routing, assembly environment, XREF, AnyCAD, and more.

You can also check out our Fabrication page to learn more about Fabrication workflows for MEP.

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What’s New in Inventor 2022

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What's New in Inventor 2022

Inventor 2022’s focus has been on managing parts and assemblies through model states, further enhancements to Inventor/Revit interoperability, Fusion 360 interoperability, productivity and performance.

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  • Model States – Parts: Manage manufacturing operations, dimensional variations, and simplified representations all on one part file.
  • Model States – Assemblies: Create multiple representations of an assembly within a single document to manage various assembly configurations and model simplification.
  • Revit Interoperability: Collaborate on BIM projects with improved tools to simplify and save native Revit project files in Inventor.
  • Productivity and Performance: See increased performance when editing large assemblies and improved productivity in features you use often.
  • Installation and Deployment: Get everyone on your team onto the latest release with a new installation and deployment experience.
  • Drawings: Use the camera views, manufacturing information, and lighting style from your 3D model in your 2D drawing views.
  • Installation and Deployment: Get everyone on your team onto the latest release with a new installation and deployment experience.

Model States - Parts and Assemblies

The new model states workflow enables users to create multiple presentations of a part or assembly within a single document, producing model state variations with different parameters, components, properties or simplification.

Model states are particularly useful for manufacturing processes, families of parts or sheet metal fold operations.

Model states can be used for the following:

  • Machining operations from the casted model to the final part
  • Sheet metal stages for multiple bend operations
  • Weldments for weld preparation and other machining operations
  • Product families that have different values for dimensions or features that are shown or suppressed
  • Alternative assembly positions to quickly switch between them visually or used for drawing views
  • Level of completion for each stage as your design gets assembled
  • Simplification levels for removing intellectual property or high levels of detail before export
  • iProperty information

Model states in assemblies can be used for configurations, weldment preparation or alternate positions.

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Model States - Parts and Assemblies

The new model states workflow enables users to create multiple presentations of a part or assembly within a single document, producing model state variations with different parameters, components, properties or simplification.

Model states are particularly useful for manufacturing processes, families of parts or sheet metal fold operations.

Model states can be used for the following:

  • Machining operations from the casted model to the final part
  • Sheet metal stages for multiple bend operations
  • Weldments for weld preparation and other machining operations
  • Product families that have different values for dimensions or features that are shown or suppressed
  • Alternative assembly positions to quickly switch between them visually or used for drawing views
  • Level of completion for each stage as your design gets assembled
  • Simplification levels for removing intellectual property or high levels of detail before export
  • iProperty information

Model states in assemblies can be used for configurations, weldment preparation or alternate positions.

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Assemblies - Instance Properties

Instance properties enables you to assign properties to individual component instances.

Assigned properties are stored in the parent assembly. 

Unlike iProperties, Instance Properties don’t affect the referenced component files. Instance Properties are assigned to individual component instances only and can override custom iProperties.

Instance Properties are available in annotations such as balloons, leader notes and parts lists.

Simplification Improvements

The new simplification command provides:

  • IP removal prior to export
  • All settings are moved to the property panel
  • Built-in presets
  • Integrated Inventor to Revit workflow

This new command replaces both the shrinkwrap and shrinkwrap substitute commands.

Interoperability - Inventor + Revit

2022 allow users for the first time to export Inventor models to the Revit rvt project file format.

The simplification tool gives users the ability to select only the components and features that are required for export into Revit.

A Revit Exports browser folder is placed in the Inventor model browser. It is populated with a node for the exported model.  As long as the model is maintained in the specified path, you can edit, preview, open in Revit or an associated application, or update the RVT model.

Interoperability - Inventor + Fusion 360

In addition to Revit interoperability, the new Inventor 2022 release includes a ‘Send to Fusion’ button making it easier to send data to Fusion 360 and Fusion Team.

Upon selection of the Send to Fusion 360 command, files will automatically get uploaded to your Fusion Team account.

In Fusion, you can make edits to your model geometry without changing the part in Inventor, this ideal when you need to prepare a part for CNC machining, 3D printing, or generative design.

 

Interoperability - Additional Workflows

Autodesk has also added QIF 3.0 support for PMI data and via the TAsk Scheduler, JT Export.

Productivity and Performance

The Autodesk Inventor team has continued to focus or Model, Drawing and Graphic Performance.

Parts, assemblies, drawings have all been enhanced year after year to deliver an efficient experience for everyone who works on complex parts and very large assemblies.

For those who enjoy editing parts while working in the assembly environment, you will find several performance improvements while editing sketches and visibility improvements.  GPU’s are now better utilised for visual styles like displaying wireframe and silhouette edges and opening and closing documents is faster than ever.

Productivity - User Interface

Fillets and Property Palette

The fillet command has been moved to the property panel and these panels can be docked anywhere on your screen.

Assembly Constraints

New options allow users to visualise what is under constrained.

There’s a status filter which you can select to show the constraint state in the browser.

Measure Command

The new installer and online deployment builder, making it simpler to configure and launch.

Tube and Pipe

Angle attribute is now exported when saving one or multiple runs to ISOGEN .pcf files .

iLogic support for Model State

iLogic is expanded to support the following Model State workflows:

  • ThisDoc.Document support for Model State In a component occurrence of a model state document, the existing ThisDoc.Document property returns the member document.
    • The ThisDoc.Document property is expanded to support returning the member document when running in a component occurrence of a model state document.
    • The new ThisDoc.FactoryDocument property returns the factory document when running either in a top-level document or in an assembly component. In a component occurrence document, this returns the associated factory document. In a top-level document, this returns the same object as ThisDoc.Document.
    • In a drawing, the new ThisDrawing.ModelFactoryDocument property returns the factory document for the first model view (or nothing if there is no model view).
    • In a drawing view, the new ICadDrawingView.ModelFactoryDocument property returns the factory document for that view (or nothing if it is not a model view).
  • There is a new event called Model State Activated now available in the Event Triggers dialog box. This trigger occurs when a model state is activated. Use this trigger to run a rule in the document in which the event occurred.
  • New function lets you add a component in a specified model state

    A new function called AddWithModelState is now available on the Components object (IManagedComponents interface). This function adds a managed occurrence of a part or subassembly.

    Note: Capture Current State on an existing component that includes a model state, in turn creates code that includes AddWithModelState.
  • iLogic edit-in-place and model states

    There are some restrictions on what you can do with iLogic rules when you are editing a model state component in place. In a model state, when a component member file is being in-place edited within an assembly:

    • You can edit, run, and suppress rules.
    • You can’t add or delete rules.

    There is no change to edit-in-place support for components that aren’t model state components: You can add an iLogic rule:

    • From the top level document.
    • At the sub-component level in the in-place-edit environment.
  • Instructions to Modify an Occurrence Parameter with a Model State

    Access the steps here: To Modify an Occurrence Parameter with a Model State.

  • Use the new Instance property snippets to read and create Instance Properties.
  • There is a new event named Any User Parameter Change in the Event Triggers dialog box. This event is triggered when you change the value of a User parameter.

Dark Theme

The Dark Theme that was introduced in the 2021 release has been fully implemented in 2022, including in the iLogic Rule Editor

Drawings

You can now change the look of shaded views in Drawings by changing  the lighting style.

There are new drawing view options available to repurpose the camera views and 3D annotations created in the 3D model.Centerlines and center marks with extended lines now break when intersecting with dimensions, making it easier to read the dimension value.

Installation and Deployment

The measure command is updated to use a property panel style and has Done and Retry buttons to improve workflow and productivity. Measure in an assembly has a tool palette for quick access to selection filtering and a loop modifier.

You can now create a deployment that includes your customized settings in the iLogic Configuration dialog box.

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