Sweep Tool
Start a New Part in Inventor, then begin New 2D Sketch. Go to the Ribbon and initiate Rectangle tool:
Make the sketch of 2 x 3 rectangle:
Move the cursor to YZ Plane, right-click, from the drop-down menu choose New Sketch:
Make the following sketch:
Choose a Sweep Tool from: The Ribbon > Create panel > Sweep
A preview of the Sweep will appear:
Click OK to exit. The result of the command:
The Shell Tool
If you need to model a tubing, use a Shell tool. To access the Shell tool go to:
The Ribbon > 3D Model tab > Modify panel > Shell tool
Choose the thickness for the walls and click OK:
The result of the Shell command:
Rectangular Pattern Tool
Draw a circle on the surface of the shell:
Use Extrude tool to punch a hole:
Click OK:
Invoke Rectangular Pattern tool:
The Ribbon > 3D Model tab > Pattern panel > Rectangular
The Pattern dialog box will open:
Click inside the hole, it will become outlined in blue:
Click on the arrow under Direction 1 and then click on the long edge of the shell:
If the new hole appears on the wrong side of the existing hole, click on the Direction red/black arrows button. Green Pattern Direction Arrow will be reversed, and the new hole will appear on the correct side:
Click the arrow under Direction 2, and then on the side edge of the shell:
If the holes appear on the wrong side click on the direction icon. It will fix the problem – direction arrow will be pointing downward:
Now specify number of the holes in your pattern:
Direction1 (horiz.): 8 and Direction2 (vert.): 3
Click OK.
Save your model.
Loft Tool
Start a New Part. Start a New 2D Sketch on X,Y plane.
Expand Part Tree by pressing + sign next to Origin:
Additional Workplanes
Start a Plane tool from:
The Ribbon > 3D Model tab > Work Features panel > Plane tool
Click on the X,Y Plane in the Part Tree, the plane will become highlighted:
Start dragging the Plane using the yellow circle in the top-left corner:
Enter a value of 0.5 into a dialog box and press ENTER:
The current status of your screen should be like this:
Left-click on the freshly created plane and choose Create Sketch on this plane option:
Draw a circle on this plane and click on Finish Sketch:
This should be current workspace status:
Add another X,Y Plane using the same procedure as described above, but enter a distance of 1, click a green tick sign:
Draw a rectngle on this plane:
and click Finish Sketch. This should be your Workspace current status:
Invoke Loft command from:
The Ribbon > 3D Model tab > Create panel > Loft command
The loft dialog box will open:
Select all three sketches, the preview of the loft will be visible, click OK:
The loft will be completed and the additional workplanes will be visible:
Right-click on the plane which visibility you want to turn off and click on the Visibility option:
The visibility of the additional planes will be turned off:
Save your Model.
Coil Tool
Start a new drawing and make a 2D Sketch:
Start the Coil tool:
The Ribbon > 3D Sketch tab > Create panel > Coil tool
The dialog box will appear. Left-click on the Axis icon and select the horizontal line:
The coil preview will be provided. If you need to switch the direction of your Coil, click on the Direction button:
Enter desired quantity of the revolutions, and click OK:
The coil is now completed:
Save your Model.
