How To Make Any Tapered Coil in Fusion 360 | Complete Step by Step

In this video we are going to share a trick you can use to create any complex coils in Fusion 360. Fusion doesn't have a tapered coil tool let alone conforming to a complex shape so in this video we will look at how to use surfacing tools, the Coil tool and some tricks to get you the end results.

[@slipstream53]

Thank you so much for this, I never realized how much you could do with the surface tool. Whenever you plan on patterning a custom profiled coil, patterning it as a surface before forming a solid body helps tremendously with performance. If you pattern it as a solid body Fusion will freeze horribly every time it has to recalculate when a parameter is changed.

[@popzct]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@americorosales2085]

thanks for sharing your tutorial, this is exactly what I was looking for knowing any tapered coil. this is great!!!!!

[@kisssys5414]

Excellent, thanks.

[@kalicacao]

Great video and a very clever workaround. I was pretty sure that it's almost impossible to model such spring in F360 in reasonable amount of time. Thank you!

[@user-dd2de2cr8h]

Me he suscrito al canal. Sos una joya! Barrilete cosmico! gracias infinitas

[@ratgreen]

Excellent tutorial this exactly what I needed. I got stumped at one point as I couldn't select just the inside path, I had to uncheck 'chain selection'

[@Dsk001]

If you are going to be using a circle as the profile a way to skip a step (no need to make a sketch) is to use the pipe command

[@murrayedington]

One of the most common reasons for creating coils like this is to make a helical spring. Fusion's cousin (Inventor) does this natively and includes the option to define real world end spring ends, namely "ground and closed". I wonder if this is on the Fusion road map? This technique of yours would really benefit from being extended to flattening and trimming the ends to achieve that effect.

[@julianandyvonne]

It was really helpful.

[@adamdport]

Do you know of a way to adjust the spring "stretch" using a similar approach? I want the space between layers to vary, so like super tight at the bottom and super stretched at the top, with a smooth transition between the two. Does that make sense?

[@KapilDev-md5uq]

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[@c3dcnc43]

How could you make taper threads on a arc, for example on wood screw? To make threads down the point from a straight line to a arc and tapering down to nothing.

[@jeremygorski7437]

Everything works out so far but when I sweep my profile, which is a symmetrical trapeze with the thinner side being outside, it doesn't follow the coil path how it should. The profile rotates around and the thicker side goes outside. Do you have a tip how to keep the orientation of my weep profile? It's hard to do when working on a plane that isn't parallel / perpendicular to the world axles.

[@Hemeralopie]

Hey just found your channel. Have subscribed to this gem straight away. I was wondering if you would have another "hack" to solve a problem I have with the chamfer tool. I want to model a pipe connection as a T (like a saddle cut). The two pipes are to be welded together. The incomming member should have a weld bevel with 45° tagent to the surface of the other pipe.

[@87troyr]

This is a great tutorial, but I have a question I'm hoping you can solve: I have created 2 coils both with the same dimensions in the same position (one positive and one negative). The negative coil differs as it tapers inward 5 degrees. I have joined them at the same connecting face when creating the 2nd coil (as the option to join bodies), how do you create a sweep along both of them? When trying to sweep, an error occurs stating that the path surface is not smooth, but I don't know how to smooth the path. Have you tried this before?

[@rayge]

Hmm i can do it with just a line it has to be an enclosed sketch for the profile. IS there some kind of a setting I am missing?

[@devvlogs6469]

Hello sir..

[@bobbyshoe8621]

When I go to create a sketch on the "plane along path", it takes me to one of the origin planes, not the plane I created. Can't figure out why....

[@TOjoe1strow]

what if im trying to make a coil with a changing pitch that blends between them