The Inventor 2017 R4 update is available today to Autodesk subscription customers.
These two new features are added in this release:
AnyCAD for newer versions of Inventor files
*New* AnyCAD for Inventor
Allows importing of newer versions of Inventor files.
- You can import(as reference) an Inventor 2018 file into Inventor 2017
- Updates made to the Inventor 2018 file will show in Inventor 2017
Auto-project geometry when adding dimensions or constraints to a sketch
A workplane or face perpendicular to the sketch is automatically projected (without having to use Project Geometry) onto the sketch plane if you dimension or constrain to it with these commands:
- Dimension
- for length or angle (point/line to plane)
- Constraint
- Coincident (point to plane)
- Parallel (line to plane)
- Perpendicular (line to plane)
Fixes in the update:
3D PDF
- 111132 Textures for appearance/material overrides are not exported to 3D PDF.
- 121233 Cannot export 3D PDF from tooling assembly.
- 123002 A part with multiple surface bodies creates a degraded 3D PDF.
- 124442 Export to 3D PDF fails with unexpected behavior when both Inventor 2016 and 2017 are running.
- 142405 Error occurs when exporting a part with visible 2D sketch text to 3D PDF.
- 146433 Unable to export a view representation to 3D PDF that has name with a double byte character.
API
- 56742 ActiveDocument does not return Nothing and OnActiveWebView event does not fire when MyHome is active.
- 141033 FaceFeatures.Add fails in the Czech version of Inventor.
Application Functionality
- 157371 Copy to user parameters does not work.
- 176908 Inventor crash report may pop up unexpectedly when closing Inventor.
Assembly Modeling
- 122608 Inventor unexpectedly exits when you access the Free Move marking menu, select or deselect Diagnostics and click OK.
- 138190 BOM export to a .xls no longer preserves trailing zero's.
- 148397 UI is frozen when placing a weld symbol in Drawing and Weldment environment.
- 154881 Center of Gravity becomes visible and cannot be turned off.
- 167898 Inventor unexpectedly exits when you measure in Express mode.
Communication and Interoperability
- 130880 Text with background color is not correct when exported to PDF.
- 150990 Importing a parasolid file whose file name contains double byte character gets empty.
- 161600 The layer visibility control in PDF exported from drawing is not the same as Inventor.
- 162614 An unintended line is created when exporting to PDF.
- 165088 Degenerated splines whose length is not zero does not display in the exported DWG file.
- 165537 Extra objects display when export a DWG file into PDF.
Connected Design on A360
- 122536 Inventor unexpectedly exits when creating design share for some specific data.
Drawing Manager
- 123239 When creating a break out view, the depth does not recognize tapped hole feature as selection with 'To Hole' option.
- 137297 Fails to save AutoCAD DWG as Inventor DWG.
- 144300 Performance is not good when creating a Section View with Positional Representation.
- 166340 Running macro incorrectly flags files as dirty.
- 171379 Detail views displace on Inventor DWG after job server has updated.
- 177488 Absolute dimension values in drawing views are exported with fractions in AutoCAD DWG.
Enhanced Visualization
- 131890 Inventor may unexpectedly exit when working in drawing.
- 140209 Edges may disappear when you zoom and Shaded with Edges visual style is active.
- 141250 Rotating the model may cause the FEA color bar to intensify.
- 142959 Inventor may unexpectedly exit when you click Load Full in an assembly.
- 143212 Inventor may unexpectedly exit when creating a section view.
- 143553 A display driver crash may cause Inventor to unexpectedly exit.
- 146136 Unable to drag a work plane's point when creating a Section View.
- 148765 Unexpected gray plane may show up when creating section view.
Inventor Studio
- 166825 Add Camera Action in Inventor Studio causes incorrect behavior.
Materials
- 150042 Inventor unexpectedly exits when you try to edit some materials.
Part Modeling
- 112922 Failed to create Emboss on large spherical surface.
- 138515 Retrieved model dimension tolerances cannot update when a model dimension is changed.
- 139583 Inventor unexpectedly exits when deleting the mirror created with the "remove original" option.
- 142036 Inventor mays unexpectedly exits when editing existing dimensions and changing the values in a sketch.
- 143570 Inventor unexpectedly exits when you manipulate a 3D Grip on a curved surface.
- 152796 Error message "Objects that are not supported by iFeatures will be removed from selection." prompts when select a Thread as iFeature object.
- 162093 iProperties Date changes when the system clock changes with Daylight Savings Time.
- 162297 Inventor unexpectedly exits when you update an iFeature.
- 171108 Redefine a work plane turned on its adaptivity.
- 172995 Inconsistency between exported value from Parameters dialog and value from iProperties Custom.
Presentations
- 157679 IPN may be corrupt if you update drawing before updating IPN when the source model has changes.
Stress Analysis
- 158047 Shape Generator browser entries are not available when using custom
To download Inventor 2017.4:
- Use the Autodesk Desktop App
- Log into Autodesk Accounts
This 2017.4 won't install from Desktop App nor via Autodesk Account download & install.
Posted by: Bob Stewart | 04/13/2017 at 08:33 AM
Hi Bob,
please check in Help>About Autodesk Inventor if you're already at any of these builds before installing:
Autodesk Inventor 2017 (Build 142)
Autodesk Inventor 2017 SP1(196)
Autodesk Inventor 2017 R2(199)
Autodesk Inventor 2017.3 Update(233)
The download should be 882 MB.
See the Read Me for known installation issues:
http://up.autodesk.com/2017/INVNTOR/Inventor_2017_4_enu.htm
If it won't install contact Autodesk or your reseller for help.
To log a case with Autodesk with your subscription information:
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/customer-service/account-management/subscription-management/support-options/web-support/submit-view-cases
Joanna
Posted by: Joanna Gryszka | 04/13/2017 at 01:32 PM