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Originally posted by ahecht
I am trying to create a solid cylinder whose faces are at an angle (so that it looks like a parallelagram instead of a rectangle when viewed from the side)
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Try the following: Draw a rectangle and attach two rectangles to its sides, then revolve everything about the common axis. Then, select "Share Sketch" and on the common sketch, use the mirror on evrything about your axis of revolution. Then, draw two triangles, one from the top left corner, then down to the last point that snaps, then right to the first point that snaps and back to your start corner. Do the same thing with the other side. Finish your sketch and select the extrude tool. Choose "extrude from existing parts" and "to both sides" (both are just icons). Select "All" in the menu. Then click extrude. You have a cylinder with a parallelogram as cross section.
I tried to attache an Autodesk Inventor Drawing file, but it seems as if the upload doesn't work.
Good luck!