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INV 6 Offset Workplane question

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Mikerknoxer
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‎01-23-2003 11:10 PM
‎01-23-2003 11:10 PM

INV 6 Offset Workplane question

In Inventor 5.3 I could start the Workplane command, click on an existing workplane and then click on a face parallel to that workplane to set the offset distance for my new workplane. Now when I do that in INV 6 it doesn't place the new workplane at the face, but half way in between the previous workplane and the face. Is there any way I can still do this? This feature is crucial to some of the tubular parts I design. Thanks in advance. Mike
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Anonymous
in reply to: Mikerknoxer
‎01-23-2003 11:57 PM
‎01-23-2003 11:57 PM

Start workplane command, click and drag the existing workplane or surface,
release mouse button and enter the offset you want.

ncabilan
"Mikerknoxer" wrote in message
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In Inventor 5.3 I could start the Workplane command, click on an existing
workplane and then click on a face parallel to that workplane to set the
offset distance for my new workplane. Now when I do that in INV 6 it doesn't
place the new workplane at the face, but half way in between the previous
workplane and the face. Is there any way I can still do this? This feature
is crucial to some of the tubular parts I design. Thanks in advance. Mike
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Anonymous
in reply to: Mikerknoxer
‎01-23-2003 11:58 PM
‎01-23-2003 11:58 PM

To get an offset workplane, just click and drag
(hold down the left mouse button) from the first face (or plane)

 

HTH

 

Rory

 

 


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In
Inventor 5.3 I could start the Workplane command, click on an existing
workplane and then click on a face parallel to that workplane to set the
offset distance for my new workplane. Now when I do that in INV 6 it doesn't
place the new workplane at the face, but half way in between the previous
workplane and the face. Is there any way I can still do this? This feature is
crucial to some of the tubular parts I design. Thanks in advance.
Mike
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Anonymous
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‎01-24-2003 12:02 AM
‎01-24-2003 12:02 AM

If you want to offset to a parallel face begin the
workplane command, click on the 1st surface, RMB then select create point and
select a corner on the face you want to offset to and the plane will be created
on that parallel face.


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In
Inventor 5.3 I could start the Workplane command, click on an existing
workplane and then click on a face parallel to that workplane to set the
offset distance for my new workplane. Now when I do that in INV 6 it doesn't
place the new workplane at the face, but half way in between the previous
workplane and the face. Is there any way I can still do this? This feature is
crucial to some of the tubular parts I design. Thanks in advance.
Mike
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Anonymous
in reply to: Mikerknoxer
‎01-24-2003 12:10 AM
‎01-24-2003 12:10 AM

May be that you have to drag it off further than
you might expect for the offset dialog to pop out.

~Larry


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In
Inventor 5.3 I could start the Workplane command, click on an existing
workplane and then click on a face parallel to that workplane to set the
offset distance for my new workplane. Now when I do that in INV 6 it doesn't
place the new workplane at the face, but half way in between the previous
workplane and the face. Is there any way I can still do this? This feature is
crucial to some of the tubular parts I design. Thanks in advance.
Mike
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Anonymous
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‎01-24-2003 01:24 AM
‎01-24-2003 01:24 AM

I just fired up 5.3, and you had to select a point to create a parallel
workplane. If your first selection was a face or a workplane, it wouldn't
allow you to select a second face for the offset.

Loren Jahraus
Autodesk Inventor Workflow Team

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> In Inventor 5.3 I could start the Workplane command, click on an existing
workplane and then click on a face parallel to that workplane to set the
offset distance for my new workplane. Now when I do that in INV 6 it doesn't
place the new workplane at the face, but half way in between the previous
workplane and the face. Is there any way I can still do this? This feature
is crucial to some of the tubular parts I design. Thanks in advance. Mike
>
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Mikerknoxer
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‎01-24-2003 01:32 AM
‎01-24-2003 01:32 AM

Thank Loren and Sean. I had forgotten that you did indeed have to pick a point on the face in 5.3. I tried the RMB Sean and it worked great. Thanks a lot, Mike
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