May 15, 2011 #1 runemark Mechanical Oct 3, 2010 16 0 0 GB I´m having some problem creating a conical helix, I don´t have a start or stop radius, but I have a starting point, a conical surface, the pitch and number of turns.
I´m having some problem creating a conical helix, I don´t have a start or stop radius, but I have a starting point, a conical surface, the pitch and number of turns.
May 15, 2011 #2 JohnRBaker Mechanical Jun 1, 2006 35,346 2 38 US Create a normal helix and then project it to the face of the Conical surface, per the attached example file (it's an NX 5.0 file). John R. Baker, P.E. Product 'Evangelist' Product Design Solutions Siemens PLM Software Inc. Industry Sector Cypress, CA http://www.siemens.com/plmhttp://www.plmworld.org/museum/ To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. Upvote 0 Downvote
Create a normal helix and then project it to the face of the Conical surface, per the attached example file (it's an NX 5.0 file). John R. Baker, P.E. Product 'Evangelist' Product Design Solutions Siemens PLM Software Inc. Industry Sector Cypress, CA http://www.siemens.com/plmhttp://www.plmworld.org/museum/ To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.