Help with symmetrical model

[ruga666]

I'm trying to do something very simple, I'm trying to make a small symmetrical clover shape out of a 2"x2" stock block. I'm having a hard time figuring out what the best way to approach drawing something like this in Inventor would be. I don't have much experience with using splines but thought that may be an option? I was modeling these in a program called DelCAM ArtCAM which is a little more friendly for stuff like this in my opinion, but thought I'd give it a shot in Inventor. Below is a picture of machined blocks and a screenshot of my attempt at trying to draw it in Inventor. Any help or advice would be really appreciated, I really just can't think of a good way to start modeling something like this. - Sean

[mwighton]

Attached is a file that approaches your problem with 2 different options.

The fully cirucular clover I modeled using spline and a second one using circles(tangent contrains)

The angular clover I used the circle approach since it looks better than the spline.

(The sketches are not fixed because I dont know what sizes you want.)