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What's New in Inventor 2026

Learn about new features in the latest releases of Autodesk Inventor.

2026.2

Discover new features in Autodesk Inventor 2026.2. For technical details, see the release notes.

Assembly Enhancements

Enhancements in this release include a new Place and Insert command, which enables automatic insertion, placement, and constraint of selected fasteners to specified geometry. Additionally, there are several improvements to Model States.

Drawing Enhancements

Learn about the drawing enhancements in this release of Inventor.

Part Enhancements

A new toggle button is added to the Combine and Sweep commands, allowing toolbody solids to remain visible for the next selection.

Sketch Enhancements

This release includes updates such as improved sketch pattern previews, the ability to flip the direction for angular dimensions, and more.

General Enhancements

Check out the enhancements in Parameters and iLogic.

2026.1

Learn about new features in the latest release of Autodesk Inventor. For technical details, see the release notes.

Assembly Enhancements

Check out the enhancements made to Inventor that impact the Assembly environment.

Drawing Enhancements

Here are the drawing enhancements for this release.

Sketch Enhancements

Check out the newest enhancements to the Sketch Environment.

General Enhancements

Check out the enhancements that span all Inventor environments.

Interoperability

Learn about the enhancements made to interoperability.

Translator Enhancements

Learn about new export formats and updates to existing import/export formats.

2026 Release

Learn about new features in the latest release of Autodesk Inventor. For technical details, see the release notes.

Assemblies

Mirror Enhancements

Learn about the improvements made to the Mirror command in this release of Inventor.

Enhancements to Model States

Many enhancements have been made to model states in this release of Inventor, including new browser menus.

Simplify Assemblies Enhancements

Learn about the areas where interoperability improvements were made.

Export and import of assembly annotations

Check out the enhancements made for the export and import of assembly annotations.

Content Center Enhancements

Several enhancements are made to Content Center in this release of Inventor.

Bolted Connection Enhancement

The Bolted Connection Generator now enables the selection of a specific bolt thread designation.

Involute Splines Calculator Enhancement

The Involute Splines Connection Generator now includes two types of Involute Splines connections: DIN 5481 – 60 degrees and DIN 5482 – 30 degrees.

Frame Generator Enhancements

Learn about new enhancements to Frame Generator.

Tube and Pipe Enhancement

Custom sKeys can now be used for Tube and Pipe Authoring.

Parts

Pattern Enhancements

Learn about many enhancements to patterns in this release of Inventor.

Sheet Metal Enhancements

Learn about improvements made to Sheet Metal workflows in this release of Inventor.

Shell Enhancements

Learn about improvements made to the Shell command in this release of Inventor.

Simplify Part Enhancements

Check out the enhancements for part simplification.

Group Parameters in the Parameters dialog

In the Parameters dialog, it is now possible to organize parameters into custom groups.

New Feature Suppression Parameter

Learn about improvements made to Part modeling workflows in this release of Inventor.

Finish Feature Enhancements

Learn about improvements made to the Finish feature in this release of Inventor.

Drawings

Sketch Based Break View

Check out the new Break View enhancements.

View Annotation and View Label Properties

In this release of Inventor, new view label properties were added, and default View Label and Default View Annotation are changed for several views.

Edges on Projected Views

In this release, the display of edges with jagged lines is updated to be simplier and much cleaner.

New “Linear Sum” and “Angular Sum” dimension types

When there are equally spaced features in your design, you can now define two new dimension types in drawings: Linear Sum and Angular Sum dimensions.

New Shortcut Key

The "Alt + V" shortcut can now be used to control component visibility in drawings.

Drawing Style Enhancements

You can now create Architectural dimensions according to DIN 1356-1 with metric units.

iLogic Enhancements

Learn about new iLogic improvements in this release of Inventor.

Enhancements to Open and Save

In this release of Inventor, the File Open and Save dialogs were modernized to use the standard Windows File dialog components, along with a few other enhancements.

Start a new file enhancements

There is now easy access to the template file location from the 'Create New File' dialog, allowing you to manage them from Windows.

Search in the Prompts tab in Application Options

The ability to do keyword searches is added to the Prompts tab of the Application Options dialog.

Graphics Enhancements

Check out the new graphics enhancements.

Improved Unit Input Handling

Learn about improvements made to inputting Units in this release of Inventor.

Performance Improvements

Learn about the areas where performance improvements were made.

Interoperability

Revit Interoperability Enhancements

Learn about the areas where interoperability improvements were made.

Translators

Translators Enhancement for 2026

Learn about new export formats and updates to existing import/export formats.
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