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Coil of tube / hose in XpressRoute
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fredericmenage
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Hello,
With ST8, you could create a helical curve in a part (step 1). Then place this in asm. Go to XpressRoute. Start a 3D sketch. Use Tools/Peers + '3D include' to "copy" the curve locally. Finally, use the 'tube' command to generate the garden hose. It won't work if you're looking for an elliptical shape for the front view of the helix.
NB: for an elliptical helix, I would look into wrapping a diagonal line onto a elliptical extruded surface (step 1). The rest would be the same.
With ST8, you could create a helical curve in a part (step 1). Then place this in asm. Go to XpressRoute. Start a 3D sketch. Use Tools/Peers + '3D include' to "copy" the curve locally. Finally, use the 'tube' command to generate the garden hose. It won't work if you're looking for an elliptical shape for the front view of the helix.
NB: for an elliptical helix, I would look into wrapping a diagonal line onto a elliptical extruded surface (step 1). The rest would be the same.
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