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Copy object with rotation

wdherh2 — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:20:53 GMT

For a project that I am working on, I have created an object .4mm x .4mm x 75mm. The .4mm x .4mm surface is the front face with the 75mm extending away from the origin. I want to copy that object about 60 times around the z axis at different angles. I would see that I would want to select the object and copy and rotate it in a for loop.

Thanks in advance for and help you can provide.

Re: Copy object with rotation

chris — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:56:51 GMT

@wdherh2 do you mean you'd like to array the object? something like this?

Re: Copy object with rotation

wdherh2 — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:16:52 GMT

@chris
I believe that an array evenly distributes the number of objects you select across the number of degrees you select. I want to be able to specify the angle, of each object, relative to the reference object.

Re: Copy object with rotation

kacper.suchomski — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:22:47 GMT

In an assembly environment, you can use angle constraints.

And others constraints to remove all degrees of freedom from each instance of the component.

Re: Copy object with rotation

chris — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:22:56 GMT

@wdherh2 Are you trying to "copy and rotate" these in the context of an assembly or "copy and rotate" the solid 60X in the context of the part file?

Re: Copy object with rotation

wdherh2 — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 14:06:19 GMT

In the part file.

Re: Copy object with rotation

kacper.suchomski — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 14:10:12 GMT

You may have to perform 59 pattern operations.

Re: Copy object with rotation

chris — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 14:26:29 GMT

@wdherh2 I agree with @kacper.suchomski , if each of those need to be different you might be doing this the "long". You can create copies of the Solid and use the "Move Bodies" tool in the "modify" pull-down, but first you'd need to copy the solids before moving them.

The Move Bodies tool will give you individual location, rotation and scale of each copy

Re: Copy object with rotation

chris — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 14:39:29 GMT

@wdherh2 Hope this helps (sorry the audio in only on one side)

Re: Copy object with rotation

wdherh2 — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 15:19:56 GMT

Thank you for the instructional video. It will be time consuming, but I can do this.

If I wanted to do the same thing as a sketch, to be extruded afterwards, would there be an automated approach to creating each of the lines extending from the origin, where each line could have a specific angle relative to a reference line?

Re: Copy object with rotation

chris — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 17:10:55 GMT

@wdherh2 Similar, just draw out all your sketch line, (and you will still have access to them in the parameters to change later), then you can extrude each as a separate solid from the origin.

Re: Copy object with rotation

SBix26 — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 01:06:15 GMT

This can be done with a sketch-driven pattern:

The trick here is to provide a circular surface as the orientation reference (Faces). The attached file is Inventor 2025 format.

Sam B

Inventor Pro 2025 | Windows 11 Home 23H2