Inventor 2009 What's New


	Enhancements to the Drawing Manager deliver increased productivity to simplify and streamline the process of producing the drawings required by manufacturing teams.

	Crop View
	Quickly crop views in the drawing when you need to show one side of a symmetrical part or where you only need to show a small part of a larger part or assembly. The new Crop View tool supports rectangular, circular and polygonal crop windows and avoids the need to use the breakout tools. The crop sketch supports sketch constraints so you can define the position of the crop window in relation to geometry in the view.

	Interference Edges
	Create accurate drawing views of assemblies containing interference conditions. The new Display Interference option in the View dialog Display Option tab turns on calculation of interference edges so you no longer need to draw these in afterwards with the sketch tools. Both Visible Interference Edge and Hidden Interference Edge are exposed in the Object Defaults Style giving you the ability to map them to different layers

	Retrieve Centerlines
	Select one or more views in the browser – or use the layout filters and window select – and use the Automated Centerlines tool to create centerlines automatically on multiple views. The Automated Centerline tool provides options to create centerlines for any combination of holes, fillets, cylindrical and revolve features as well as sheet metal bends and punch tools.

	Center of Gravity
	Display and use the gravity center mark in drawings. Select the new Center Of Gravity option from the browser context menu of the component referenced by the view. Selecting this option causes the center of gravity of the component to be calculated and a center mark placed at the corresponding location in the drawing view. The COG calculation respects Positional Representations, iPart/iAssembly member state as well as flat vs. folded sheet metal states.

	Parts List Filters
	Save valuable time when creating parts lists by controlling the content of parts lists without the need to suppress individual rows. New Parts List filters – accessible from both the Parts List Style and the parts list itself – provide extensive control over parts list content. The following filters are provided: Ballooned Items Only, Standard Content, multiple Item Number Ranges, i.e. 1 through 10 and 20 through 30, Purchased Items, and View Representations.

	Reorder Prompted Entries
	Change the order of prompted entries in sketch symbols new Reorder Prompted Entries command located on the context menu of the sketched symbol’s browser icon. Eliminates the need to delete and recreate prompted entries when you need to change the order.