Creating an audio jack.

[Anonymous]

 Hello, 

 I am looking for an advice, how to create the "cuts" at the audio jack rubber part (highlighted at the picture). The problem for me is that the part is created as a loft (cuz it needs an angle at my case) .. see the inventor 2014 part attached. 

[Anonymous]

I would do a square profile with a partial revolve, then mirror, for the parts that are missing material on the 'L' jack. Say from -15 to 15 degrees. 

[Anonymous]

See example.

[Anonymous]

Hey Robert

I am not sure i follow you. I can't figure out how to do the sketch on a loft.

The revolve example does not opens (error in reading RSe)

[Neil_Cross]

If you're using Inventor 2014, chances are most people will upload a file for you done in 2015 which you won't be able to open.  That's the message you get when you try and open a file done in a later version of Inventor.

I was gonna give this a pop but I only have Inventor 2015 too, so you wouldn't be able to open anything I upload.

[Neil_Cross · Accepted solution]

This should do? There's probably a more efficient way of doing this but it's a quick job and get's the desired visible effect.  All sketches and features are adaptive to a certain extent, but that part could be better if anyone is to open this up and poke holes at it! It was a 5 minute job after all  The file is attached, but it's 2015 format so I'm afraid the OP may not be able to open it.

[Anonymous]

Thanks ! Just got it to work, and then saw your post =)) 

[Neil_Cross]

No probs   I was considering going down the plastic part route and using the grill function, but an patterned extrusion seems to be just fine and a lot quicker as long as the extrusion profile doesn't clip the surrounding faces.