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    Reference different sheet within .idw

    Hey, Im creating new inventor templates for a company. If sheet 1 has a main view with sections and details and those section and detail views are on sheet 2,3 etc. is it possible to put the sheet 1 reference within the label view of the section and detail views? ILogic perhaps? Thanks in...
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    Excel link within a template

    Hi, Can anyone help me. Im creating a drawing template and I want to link parameters from a spreadsheet which will vary for each new drawing. Will Inventor create a new spreadsheet every time i create a drawing? or will I have to manually copy spreadsheet and re-link it to the new drawing...
  3. LewisL

    Frame generate curves

    Hi, Can anyone help, I need to model a spiral handrail and have clean intersections (mitres). I cannot use frame generator and the sweep command doesnt give me the intersections I need. Help! LewisL
  4. LewisL

    Frame generator and helical curves

    Does it generate on yours (2011)? Use ~20mm OD steel tubing Cheers
  5. LewisL

    Frame generator and helical curves

    IP2009 Have you tried it? I'm puzzled!
  6. LewisL

    Frame generator and helical curves

    Find attached. Cheers.http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=aeeb8385-c8dc-4a24-900b-85c1643fc202&file=Handrail.ipt
  7. LewisL

    Frame generator and helical curves

    I'm trying to model a handrail for a spiral staircase using frame generator. My 3D sketch is made up of several helical curves but I cannot pick these curves once I go to the generator. Can anyone help? I could use the sweep command but the interfaces between the sections would not be right (not...

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