Curved Helix

How to create a curved helix sweep in SolidWorks

[@davidbracke3657]

Creating swept surfaces, and using two swept surfaces to generate an intersection line, are very helpful techniques for me right now (10 years later) - thank you!

[@MrHDPES]

you are the man!! excellent, plain and simple explanation. please carry on!

[@coacoadelish]

You can save one step. When you draw your line to sweep along the arc, draw the circle in the same sketch. It will sweep both profiles at the same time. But only the line can twist along the path, which is what you want anyway.

[@chriswalsh1342]

Thank you heaps for this. I have been able to use this technique to make a rounded square coil around a toroid to represent an inductor we are making.

[@wayne5000]

Awesome. I love it. Thank you. It's exactly what I was looking for.

[@elless27]

Good tutorial. A lot involved for a novice but I did it..Very well explained..Thanks!

[@evolvan1]

Easy to listen to and straight to the point. I paused the video to catch up with you, which is so much nicer than having to listen to some side story about someones grandmother or other needless fluff asundry. Good job.

[@rayardinanda2428]

Incredible knowledge, thank you very much for sharing

[@blu3ph03nixx]

I love you!! thank you so much. I was stuck on trying to create an uniform helix for my project. Thank you.

[@IainHendry]

Very nicely done!

[@fadoobaba]

you can also do it be creating an arc, then a circle perpendicular to that arc, use twist along path....

[@ademar3497]

f a n t a s t i c! very good!

[@amandattani4829]

Great tutorial 👌

[@ranganafernando511]

Thank you very much. the tips are very useful.

[@dhruvitkapuriya3456]

Nice explanation!! Thanks

[@BoazZemer]

It works! This is a great tip.

[@dangrinthal4541]

you sir are a beautiful man, thank you

[@mckinleawells3920]

Great tutorial. Thanks a lot!

[@vandallas12345]

dude, you are legend, helped me out. tytyty

[@MattiasRobertsson]

There is a much quicker way of doing this. 1. Create a 3D sketch and a 3D spline 2. Create another sketch with the profile on the side. 3. In Sweep (solid) settings Choses "Twist along path" and the number of turns. Done !

[@nukegundie]

Hey! This helped a lot using Autodesk Inventor! Thanks!

[@ProgressionSupport]

@0815tobey You mean using the curved helical edge of the first swept surface? Yes, that would work too. This technique that I've shown is a little more general purpose when there are other cases where the actual sweep path you need can only be given by the intersection of two surfaces.

[@prathokkiran]

Sir, i discovered that it can be done just by creating the 3d sketch and converting the edge of the surface to sketch instead of creating another circular sweep and use intersection surface to create the helical sketch along the circle...

[@uberholmes]

Cool!

[@fathicoltd6774]

it doesn't work for me! Everytime i try to select my profile, SW errors: "A profile and a path must be provided to define the sweep. (and so on...)"

[@S0ulinth3machin3]

thank you so much for the help!

[@elliotcotler2847]

Good approach, just why can't you select an edge of the spiral surface?

amazing!. thanks , I dont know how to do that part

[@traavel_bug]

thanks alot... was great help

[@chadochsendorf1340]

How to Create a toroid helix, double stacked toroid? Dims on overall shape would be 12.7 OD x 5.0ID x 17.0H. When I sweep the surface it will overlap and the feature will fail.

[@sgonzalezgh]

Excellent video, I wonder if anyone knows how to convert the surfaces used as construction geometries to solids thanks.

[@aaronroberts2642]

The option "Twist Along Path" does not appear in SW2016 when using the swept surface feature. Any ideas how to proceed?

[@XOneStarX]

Twist along path is not in my options drop down. Only follow path and keep normal constant.

[@Aleefaraj]

Thanks! amazing ♥♥

[@TheCoachto]

I was missing the option "Twist Along Path" too (in SW2017) for the swept surface feature. Found it here forum.solidworks.com/thread/203725 :)

[@BoazZemer]

Why don't use the edge of the swept surface as guide for the solid sweep? Why the intersection curve?

[@hotcayle]

This is an amazing tutorial. I really want to make a full loop helix. For some reason I cant use anything past 300 degrees ;( please help

[@hotcayle]

and on a side note when i apply the same concept to a cirlce instead of an arch I get a crazy spiral when i do the first surface sweep ;(

[@ChainedTitan09]

hi great video :) i'm trying to make a corkscrew i've manage to make the helix from your tutorial fine but have no idea how to make a straight vertical section to join to the end. also how do you make the end of the helix pointed? please help :(

[@Nachotronix]

thank you

[@Banchuba]

waow you are a very good teacher! I sub you in hope you make more tutorial :-)

[@pradeep-ez3dr]

Nice

[@mostafamorsy9050]

thanks

[@bougatayaredouane253]

trés bien

[@milescasado]

that cool thanks

[@dayanandanongmaithem4234]

plz create a demo for helix on a helix.

[@Smonjirez]

Where do I find keyboard shortcuts for SolidWorks, like how you use "a" to create an arc?

[@jellymaster2213]

Thx

[@Jimmke]

Thanksssss

[@abhishekvoodoo]

hey i got everything right till the intersection curve part. after that when i try to use the plane funtion, somehow i can only see mate references on mate geometry...help!!!!

[@iamstd2]

How would you do this for a bendy straw? It keeps saying it can't boss sweep the sketch because it would intersect with itself. Is there a way to override that?

[@dineshsaroj]

sir . worm gear cutting drg .

[@4k3el]

can you get solidworks for mac?

[@kBIT01]

Solidworks is PC only.

[@BelYaun]

Nice