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PIRATECAPTIN
10-03-2006, 18:45
How do you creat tubbing in Inventor? I really need to figure out how so I will be able to finish of my team's CAD drawing.
PIRATECAPTIN
10-03-2006, 19:02
How do you creat tubbing in Inventor? I really need to figure out how so I will be able to finish off my team's CAD drawing.
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TimCraig
10-03-2006, 23:39
Are you having trouble with the tub or the jets? :D
Ebolagirl
11-03-2006, 00:13
What kind of tubing are you trying to create? Please be more specific.
PIRATECAPTIN
11-03-2006, 20:58
It is 1/4" PVC pipe. We use it to make a circular "ramp" inside our helix. I also need help with rubber band like material used for the conveyor and the wires.
Daniel Brim
11-03-2006, 22:27
It is 1/4" PVC pipe. We use it to make a circular "ramp" inside our helix. I also need help with rubber band like material used for the conveyor and the wires.I think your best bet for the helix is the "coil" feature. The initial sketch is the same as if you were revolving it (axis and circle dimensioned so it is the correct radius away. Then define the variables (which are pretty self-explanatory) and you have a helix. It will be a bit tricky to constrain, so make sure that you are centered on the origin so you can constrain with work planes.

Inventor is really no good for the flexible materials, so the best bet is to make a profile path in a 2D or 3D sketch and then sweep the correct profile. For this you need two sketches, one for the profile (from what it sounds like, just a circle), and another for the path (be it 2D or 3D)