deRabes Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 Hi I'm very new to Inventor and have a very basic question. I have created three cylinders which I want to stack one on top of the other and join them permanently. From reading the manual etc I know I can do it by creating separate parts and using an assembly. My question is can it be done to separate elements within the same part doc.? This is probably a very rudimentary question but my problem is I'm not familiar with the terminology and find it hard to do a search. I would appreciate any assistance or a link to an appropriate tutorial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 In the real world is it one part or three? If one part - then model as one part. If three parts then model as multi-body solids or individual parts and assembly - just like the real world. Attach your file(s) here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deRabes Posted December 2, 2011 Author Share Posted December 2, 2011 Hi Thanks for getting back. It will be one part. I just thought it might make sense to model it in separate parts and join them - obviously not. I have attached the file and will set about re-modelling. Thanks again. In the real world is it one part or three?If one part - then model as one part. If three parts then model as multi-body solids or individual parts and assembly - just like the real world. Attach your file(s) here. Model.ipt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted December 2, 2011 Share Posted December 2, 2011 You could use the Move Bodies and Combine to join them together - but why do all that extra work? Also, I noticed that your sketches aren't constrained or making use of obvious symmetry about the origin - you might want to read this document http://home.pct.edu/~jmather/skillsusa%20university.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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