making "coiled coil" in Solidworks? 1

[n00bcannonball]

Hello tippers,
I'm trying to figure out a way to make a "coiled coil" in Solidworks, or basically a helix curve which axially follows another helical path (think light bulb filament) or any arbitrary path. It seems that Solidworks by itself can't do it (or prove me wrong!) but I figure there might be a package or add-in or something that can do it. Anybody know how to do this?
Thanks

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

thread559-195026

 

[ctopher]

n00bcannonball,
SW can do a lot, it's mostly operator training that is needed. Check out YouTube for some more good info.

Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 3.1
AutoCAD 08; CATIA V5
ctopher's home (updated Aug 5, 2008)
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[n00bcannonball]

ctopher, I'm continually amazed at the capabilities of Solidworks
I think I just got in a rut of thinking I could only use the helix creator to make this thing. I forgot about the "twist along path" option.

 

[ctopher]

And there are different ways to do features, not just one way.

Chris
SolidWorks/PDMWorks 08 3.1
AutoCAD 08; CATIA V5
ctopher's home (updated Aug 5, 2008)
ctopher's blog
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[fcsuper]

I think I saw another example of this on dezignstuff.com at one point.

Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
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