rollupswx,
I tried everything I could think of using the surface coil. The attached part has the profile I need coiled around the rod. You can see that when looking perpendicular to the axis of the rod, you don't see the full profile...
I'm trying to model feedscrews using Inventor 2008. I've extruded a 1" diameter rod 2 feet. I need a 90 degree v groove with a 1.5" pitch the length of the rod. I've tried using the coil feature with the profile I need but since a coil twists the profile it does not represent what is cut with...
