Helical zigzag wire 2

[vcolella]

Hey all,

I'm trying to draw this helical zigzag wire that appears in the picture, but I can't figure out the best way to go about it.

I've planned to make it a sweep, so I projected the flat pattern in a cylindrical face and the used the helix pattern, but it came out weird because I had to eyeball the helix variables and ended up creating bridge curves to connect the instances:

How would you do it ?

 

[mmauldin]

I would do it something like this:

Draw/wrap one instance, insert planes to measure for values for helix pattern geometry. NX11 file attached.

 

[vcolella]

That's just perfect, thank you !