Simple Question about Spirals

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by Mike, Oct 27, 2003.

  1. Mike

    Mike Guest

    Hello,
    I was able to do this once before but for some reason I am unable to do so
    now :). What I am trying to achieve is to make an overlapping aluminum pipe
    using a spiral. I want to be able to create the spiral, then extrude it and
    then flatten it when I am finished. I am hoping that someone knows how to do
    this and can share with me. The over lap is .5" and the material thicknes is
    ..018"

    Thanks
     
    Mike, Oct 27, 2003
    #1
  2. Mike

    matt Guest



    I've got an example of a flattenable sheetmetal part with overlap made by
    using the lofted bend function. If you want, it's on my website. Go to
    the SWParts link and scroll down. http://www.frontiernet.net/~mlombard/

    matt
     
    matt, Oct 28, 2003
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  3. Mike

    Mike Guest

    Hey, thanks for you help with the overlaping spirals, but there is still one
    thing i dont get. How did you manage to get Sketch 3 and 4. I am not sure
    how to get the sketches from the original spiral.

    Thanks again for you help :)
     
    Mike, Oct 28, 2003
    #3
  4. Mike

    matt Guest

    Use "convert entities" in the sketch.

    matt
     
    matt, Oct 29, 2003
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