How to cut out a series of Helix to form channels?

Stephen Nyberg

16 Oct, 2014 12:44 PM

After better understanding what you were wanting here is how I would do it.

1. Step 1:

   Create a spiral (not a helix)

2. Step 2:

   open a sketch and convert the spiral curve to a sketch entity.

3. Step 3:

   project the sketch onto the conical face.

4. Step 4:

   make a plain at an end point of the new curve that is perpendicular to the curve.

5. Step 5:

   make a circle and sweep cut along the curve

6. Step 6:

   circular pattern