deRabes Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Hi List I have a tapered cylinder part onto which I want to attach blocks along the length. I want it to appear as one piece when finished and be able to edit the shape slightly to give it a nice sculpted organic look. This is like a flute and the blocks will have 3mm slots running up the middle along the length of the flute. I'm just wondering in a general sense how best to approach this project. If I can get advice on the best method I can research further. For example - should I be studying the sculpt facility for this or is there a better way? I'm enclosing my model thus far. Thanks in advance. AssemblyTest2.dwg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 You attached a dwg file in the Inventor forum. Are you using AutoCAD or are you using Inventor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deRabes Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 My apologies. I am using inventor but when I tried to upload as an .ipt or .iam it gave me an invalid file error. Hence the .dwg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Find the red End of Part marker at the bottom of the feature tree. Drag the red EOP to the top of the feature tree hiding all features. Save the file with the EOP in a rolled up state. In Windows explorer right click on the filename and select Send to Compressed (zipped) Folder. Attach the resulting *.zip file here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deRabes Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 I can't get the EOP to move so I've attached the two parts separately. I think you'll get the idea. I want to attach the block to the cylinder and hopefull sculpt it to a smooth organic shape. Thanks for reply BTW Block.ipt ChanterD.ipt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Works fine here. Simply click and drag it upward - you should see a black line. Drop it just below the Origin Folder. So Easy! I noticed that your sketches are not constrained. You might start here http://home.pct.edu/~jmather/skillsusa%20university.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deRabes Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 Are you referring to the .ipt or the .iam. If the .ipt it works but you don't have the block part in that. If the .iam I don't have an EOP in the tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Are you referring to the .ipt or the .iam. ... Uhmm, you didn't attach an iam file here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deRabes Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 As I said - it won't let me upload an .iam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 As I said, In Windows explorer right click on the filename and select Send to Compressed (zipped) Folder. Attach the resulting *.zip file here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deRabes Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 Ahhhh!Now I see. AssemblyTest.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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