I have to make a roll of tape in Inventor, but I'm not too familiar with/used to the program. It's the small invisible adhesive tape, like the kind you'd find in office. So far, I sketched and extruded the plastic part the tape gets wrapped around, which is basically just a small tube. I also have a rectangle that's really long for the actual tape part, and that's extruded but very thin. they're both made as standard.ipt files. I opened a standard.iam file to put them together using constraints, but I'm not exactly sure how. I have the edge of the rectangle on the outside of the circle, so I just have to wrap it around. I'm assuming I just bend the rectangle (tape) around the circle (plastic part), but I don't know how to do that. Can anyone help me out with this? I feel like it shouldn' be that hard of a task for me to do.
Thanks in advance!
Use the Coil command with Spiral option at part level.
You can also drive a parameter for a linear section if you want to make it look realistic.
Attach your assembly here.
Is there a different way to do this in Maya 2016? I'm trying to create a tape roll that will stick to a plane as it's being unrolled. You can get an idea of what I'm trying to do from the attachment.
So, after a short section is unrolled, the top part will peel away. (((I'm still learning))).
Is your question about Maya or is it about Autodesk Inventor?