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Adding non-uniformly spaced grooves to a shaft

Adding non-uniformly spaced grooves to a shaft

Adding non-uniformly spaced grooves to a shaft

(OP)
I'm a newbie and I'm looking for the easiest way to place a series of the same sized groove on a shaft where the grooves are not equally spaced apart.  Ideally each individual groove would be located a specific distance from the end of the shaft. Currently I'm creating work planes for each groove and extruding the groove at each plane. There's got to be an easier way. I tried a linear array but I can't delete the original groove afterward and still retain the array. Any suggestions?

Tom
 

RE: Adding non-uniformly spaced grooves to a shaft

revolve cut

RE: Adding non-uniformly spaced grooves to a shaft

Perhaps a picture would help. There are several ways to accomplish what I THINK you are trying to do.

David

RE: Adding non-uniformly spaced grooves to a shaft

Yes, send us pics. are they teeth or just grooves, because if they are grooves, you can just make a sketch the size of the shaft, then cut the grooves out, but if the are teeth then that's a different story, so pics would help.

RE: Adding non-uniformly spaced grooves to a shaft

(OP)
I will try to upload the file. It's embarrassing because it so simple but I'm and old AutoCAD guy who is struggling with Inventor right now. I can get it done but I know it's not the right or simplest way. Ideally I would just enter the shaft overall length and the groove locations just as I have drawn. Thanks guys.

RE: Adding non-uniformly spaced grooves to a shaft

I think there is a shaft generator which should simplify this task.  However, you could also draw each groove in a sketch, making the sketch lines equal so you only have to dimension one groove, then revolve cut.
 

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