Hmm.. I tried that, but I rotated 45 degrees and it didn't work, even
with point mapping.
Originally I was using the coil command with an axis at the center of
the circle in my profile. Offsetting the axis by .00001 got rid of the
singularity error. So that worked okay in the end.
Sean Dotson wrote:
> You will need to make copies of the profile on different workplanes rotated
> about 10 degrees each time. Then loft them all together.
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> "Ben Ruppel" wrote in message
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>>Hello, I'm trying to twist a profile in Inventor. The idea is to rotate
>>the profile while it is extruded down a straight path. I have tried
>>using the coil command, but it keeps giving me a "failed to create
>>spring edge" error. The profile is a circle with three triangles
>>extending from it every 120 degrees.
>>
>>Thanks for any help and suggestions.
>>Ben
>>
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