I want to create a body that is cylindrical where the central axis of the cylinder is at some angle (let’s say 45º) to another axis. Then I want to duplicate that body (cylinder) around the second axis. I’ve created the first body but none of the rotate tool options seems to allow me to do what I’m trying to do. I’m becoming extremely frustrated because this seems like it ought to be fairly easy but the tools keep balking every time I try. It keep saying that it can’t do the operation because the result wouldn’t be valid. I’ve tried the move/rotate with copy and moving the point of rotation to the axis (I have a construction like there). I’ve tried the pattern tool. I’ve tried the rotate around axis tool. All have the same unable to perform error.
For visualization purposes think of this kind of like trying to create a simplistic tripod where I’m trying to create the legs. It’s not exactly that, but that should help you visualize the idea.