As many of you have probably already discovered, many of my tips come from questions I get each week about how to do things in Inventor. This one actually comes from a fellow Autodesker and I figured if he struggled with this one that it was prime for a blog post. I will call him Joe since he wanted me to keep his identity unknown (I think he was a little embarrassed he didn't know this one).
What Joe was trying to do was pattern stair treads around a spiral staircase. There is an option that is a little hidden to give him the results he was looking for. Take a look at the setup.
When patterning the tread around along a path you will notice that the tread stays parallel to the original one instead of rotating around.
If you expand the Rectangular Pattern dialog you will notice an option for orientation - change it to Direction to see it update the pattern as I (and Joe) would want for this staircase.
Thanks Rob Joe, enjoy your weekend!
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Doing what I can Garrin to provide good Blog material. Glad to be the one under the bus... :-)
-Rob
Posted by: Rob Cohee | 03/06/2009 at 02:19 PM
Under the bus is a great place to be for people who what to see how the thing gets the team to the game on time! Thanks for the answer and the question!
Posted by: John Davis | 03/07/2009 at 07:51 AM
I tried to do that but it doesn't work for me... could u please make an step-by-step explanation???
Thanks!!! (I have the IV2008 Pro - SP3)
Posted by: Yesid Delgado Plata | 03/25/2009 at 02:56 PM
Garrin, I was wondering if you could help me with sort of complex loft. its for a helical intake port that on the bottom end has a circular shape and the other end witch is perpendicular to the center of the circle is half circle/half square shape and I can't seem to get it to come out right. I would appreciate any advice you can send me. My email is pwiest@mainstream-engr.com
Posted by: Patrick Wiest | 04/06/2009 at 03:56 PM