spring

please tell me whether there exists any method to model a varying pitch spring (varying stiffness compression type) in SOLIDWORKS.urjent reply needed.


KARTHIK

Kiik, this reply may arrive a little late for you!


It is of course possible to model a varying pitch spring. Although you want to make a single spring, consider it as if you are joining together several springs of different pitch, each of only one pitch. In other words, make a helix thats right for the pitch of the first section, and then either: loft along it and then make a second helix (with appropriate pitch) for the second section starting at the end of the first - amd so on, or, make all the (different pitched) helixes first and loft along them all in one go.


If you meant a parametric model of a spring in which different pitches could be set (like configurations) then that too is also possible.

There is variable pitch option on 2006 what version do you have pre 2006 you need to use chris booths method!


Cheers

You could always get someone with Pro/E to model it for you then export
it to you. It should only take them about 2 minutes to do it.



DB