Creating a coil along a path

[JoelMckone]

I found a youtube video on how to create a coil along a path (for example - a telephone cord).  It was easy to create the part, however it took some experimenting to get a solid surface and turn of the inital sweep to remove the geometry required to create the actual coil.  The coil was inserted into an assembly (essentially a conduit for electrical wiring) without a problem.  However, when I put the assembly into a drawing file, the original geometry returns (yellow image in pdf) and the option to turn if off is greyed out.

Can this be fixed and if so how?

[SBix26]

Can you post the assembly, other components, and drawing files?  I can't replicate your results with the templates I have.

As always, it's important to let forum readers know what version of Inventor you're working with-- I found that your part file is 2024 format.

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Sam B

Inventor Pro 2024.2 | Windows 10 Home 22H2

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! I guess the drawing view has "Associative" design view option turned on. Edit the drawing view -> uncheck the Associative. Then you should be able to make the surface bodies invisible in the shaded drawing view.

Many thanks!

[kacper.suchomski]

Are surface body views disabled in the model?
Is the visibility of surface bodies disabled in the drawing?

https://youtu.be/a7Y9wr_vfIw?feature=shared

[JoelMckone · Accepted solution]

Thanks for the tip - the 'Associative" design view was turned off, however I changed the Design View from 'default' to 'primary' which solved the problem.  It would probably been a while before I thought to check the drawing view settings as I was  focused on the making changes in the browser.