Hi
I want to model all the parts to make up a cable which has 3 cores, fillers and an armoured shield. All three though need to helically sweep with a pitch of 1m. Can you do a helical dataum curve then sweep the profile down the helical sweep as the section needs to be drawn on the x,y axis with the helical sweep going down the z axis..if that makes sense....ie the section is at 90 degrees to a normal helical spring section....can this be done....any example parts would be nice to view...
Thanks for looking
Added a picture in zip file....all the coloured sections are fillers etc which, along with the 3 cores need to be swept using the profile shown, down a curve down the length of the cable with a helical sweep of 1 turn per metre...
2012-02-13_103522_cable.zip
Stu
Edited by: saspinall
I want to model all the parts to make up a cable which has 3 cores, fillers and an armoured shield. All three though need to helically sweep with a pitch of 1m. Can you do a helical dataum curve then sweep the profile down the helical sweep as the section needs to be drawn on the x,y axis with the helical sweep going down the z axis..if that makes sense....ie the section is at 90 degrees to a normal helical spring section....can this be done....any example parts would be nice to view...
Thanks for looking
Added a picture in zip file....all the coloured sections are fillers etc which, along with the 3 cores need to be swept using the profile shown, down a curve down the length of the cable with a helical sweep of 1 turn per metre...
2012-02-13_103522_cable.zip
Stu
Edited by: saspinall