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Unread 03-02-2004, 10:04
gren737 gren737 is offline
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trying to make a piston in inventor

hey everyone, i'm an engineer and i've been working with inventor for almost a year and a half now and i still have not managed to figure out how to make a piston work properly in an assembly.
i have drawn the piston in 2 parts but i cannot figure out how to assemble them such that the rod will slide inside the tube....i can use the insert offset tool to sort of simlute it, but i want it to slide in and out like the piston would when i move the rest of my assembly.

anyone have any ideas on this?
btw i'm using inventor 8 now.
anybody who has any advice can find me on IM at gren737

thanks in advance
-sarah