Perhaps this topic has been discussed before, if so, would someone kindly point me to the thread?

What is the best way of creating knurl in part? I tried using cut sweep with 'twist along path' option, then pattern the sweep, but the rebuilding time is considerably longer. I cannot use cosmetic (wrapping image on the surface), since I have multiple configurations, i.e. the knurl needs to grow with the cylinder dimension.

Thanks a bunch.