Inventor LT 2011 - problem attaching blade on 45 to a cylinder

Latest 2011 Inventor LT.

I'm able to create a cylinder and a blade (long square) perpendicular to the cylinder.

But I have not been able to figure out how to attach the blade to the cylinder at a 45 degree angle.

Any help is appreciated.

Won't someone please help with this? I've never had any luck with forums... None of the current 2011 web help seems to address this...

I have spent the last 2 days trying to create ANYTHING on a 45 degree angle on a cylinder.

I've tried to make this as easy a question as possible...

I have a simple 1" cylinder extruded.

I am just trying to place a flat extrusion attached to the SIDE of the cylinder - but at a 45 degree angle (looking at the side of the cylinder).

I can create a flat extrusion perpendicular to the front of the cylinder or parallel with the cylinder face - I just can't do it at a 45 degree angle!!

I have tried placing a UCS at a 45 degree angle - but it can't be angled. I have tried a plane - but that doesn't seem to work either.

Doesn't anyone have the newest 2011 inventor LT product?

I simply must figure this out!!!

Zip and attach your file here.

It is trivially easy I'm sure - but from your problem description I can think of several solutions.

BTW - forget UCS, you should never need it (at least for the next 3 years or so).

this sounds so simple if your after the same thing im thinking of.

Looking at the problem you are having, I think make a work plane at the desired angle on the cylinder and mating the part to the work plane would work quite well.

Or you can constrain the blade to the cylinder and then using an angular constrain between the blade and one of the origin planes. This is just speculation as I cannot see the part.

Remember this is Inventor LT. He cannot use anything in the Assembly environment. Probably all that is needed for his single part design is to create an Angled Work Plane based on an Edge/Axis first and a Planar Reference (like an Origin Plane) second.

Remember this is Inventor LT. He cannot use anything in the Assembly environment. Probably all that is needed for his single part design is to create an Angled Work Plane based on an Edge/Axis first and a Planar Reference (like an Origin Plane) second.

My apologies, I did not see he was using LT version. As mark mentioned this would be the approach to take.

Well he have to post 10 messages before he be able to attach the file

I would like to see the mistake and solution