How to make same solid bodies around another body?

[Anonymous]

Is there a way to get that long tube and that rectangular part all around that middle circle.

https://www.google.com/search?q=cool+lamp+shades&aq=f&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&ta...

Open this picture. In the end it would end up looking somthing like that lamp shade. I got one part down so is there a way to get a bunch of those around instead of redrawing it?

I am using inventor 2010.

Thank you.

[blair]

You posted this question a couple of days ago.

[Anonymous]

Didn't get a solution so i posted again.

[Curtis_Waguespack]

Hi treasure1100,

Was the example file that I attached on your original thread not helpful in showing you how to do this?

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Inventor/How-to-get-these-parts-without-actually-remaking-it/...

If not you might state what part of the previous suggestions you didn't follow.

I hope this helps.
Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,
Curtis
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com

[blair]

"Well yeah i am new to inventor and just trying some stuff on my own so most likely there is alot of unnecessary stuff."

Possibly, all the "stuff" is required.

This lamp is made up of parts in real life in a assembly. You should try and model it as one as stated in the earlier post. Then it's just a matter of assembling the parts in the IAM assembly file using constraints.