How the Inventor Wish List Works

Welcome to the Inventor Wish List. This is the place where you can be an Agent of Change and have a shot at improving the tools you use to create your designs. The following steps will guide you through the wish list submission process.

1. Click on the Submit a Wish link in the left-hand sash
2. As you enter your wish, please be as clear as possible. This will minimize the amount of additional feedback required from you as we review your wish. Also, please remember, just one wish per submission. Feel free to submit as many as you want, but do so using separate submission forms. Your wish is reviewed on the following criteria:
   
   
   • It is not currently available in the latest release of Inventor. If you are not using the latest version of Inventor, please go to the Inventor Forums and try to ensure the particular wish you are hoping for is not already available in Inventor.
   • It is not limited in scope. It needs to benefit a large portion of Inventor users.
   • It is an actual wish that suggests specific change, and not a general complaint about Autodesk or their business practices.
   • It is specific and clearly stated. Wishes like, “I want Inventor to be more like [any other software]” do not tell us what you want Inventor to do.
3. After your wish is reviewed, you will receive an email notifying you of its status. If it follows the above guidelines we will have no problem approving your wish.
4. When a wish is approved, a new thread is automatically created in the current wish list forum where AUGI members can comment on it. Please see this forum announcement regarding forum policy.

Regarding duplicate wishes, we have recently changed the way we handle them. We understand that a wish may be very popular, but not make it to the top 10. When this happens, we take a look at the score that wish received. Wishes that fall within the top 40 to 50 typically have a score of 30 or higher. Therefore, wishes that have a score of 30 or higher and fall within the top 50 wishes are eligible for immediate resubmission (but still only one wish per voting cycle). If a wish falls outside of these guidelines, it will have to wait until after the next release of Inventor for resubmission (right now, we are saying May of the following year). We are striving to keep the best possible wishes on the wish list while minimizing those that appeal to a small number of users and are better met through customization or programming fixes.

Three times per year, in February, June and October, we will close out the current cycle of wishes and a ballot will be created, allowing all users to vote on the wishes up for consideration. The ballot will be "open" for one month so everyone has an opportunity to vote for their favorites. The top 10 will then be sent off to the Autodesk development team. The three Top 10 lists per year will be compiled and formally presented to Autodesk at Autodesk University. In the meantime, a new wish list cycle will be started and you can continue to enter your wishes for the next ballot.

If you have any questions regarding this process, please feel free to email or PM me with any comments or questions you may have. I will be more than happy to answer them for you. And thanks for using the AUGI Inventor Wish List—your way to make your voice heard!

Thanks!
Rick