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New Custom Feature - Spiral
Spiral
Link:
Created by:
Michael Pascoe, Cache River Mill.
References:
Split helix surfaces - Andrew_Troup
Standard Featurescript Library Source - Onshape
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral
Description:
This custom feature produces two types of solid body spirals: Archimedean spirals & Logarithmic spirals.
Prerequisites:
A location to place the origin mate connector.
Troubleshooting Tips:
Turn off “Flatten Bottom” & “Cap Top”.
Adjust the layer width or diameters.
If the logarithmic spiral fails, try adjusting the “Spiral Magnitude”
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Comments
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This is awesome. Not sure where i'll use it, but I'm sure there will be that perfect time and I hope i remember this one.
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It is a rare occasion, but every once and a while I have to make a corbel, it's great for those. Here's one I made a while back, this tool would have been handy.
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i'm sorry, what? this is an Onshape model?! impressive.
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Update!
Spiral now has more features:- 3D or 2D
- Solid, surface, or curve
- User interface revised
How to add a custom feature to your toolbar:
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Wow, that's great....would it be too cheeky to ask you to share your method?MichaelPascoe said:It is a rare occasion, but every once and a while I have to make a corbel, it's great for those. Here's one I made a while back, this tool would have been handy.
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@GWS50
Sure! Here is a link to the corbel in Onshape. Keep in mind this was a long time ago, I have learned better techniques since creating this corbel.
Acanthus Leaf Corbel
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Many thanks Michael, that's very generous of you1
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Awesome FS! Thank you
Best regards,
Axel Kollmenter1 -
@MichaelPascoe Awesome!!! Do you have any variable pitch helix feature(free to use) like Solidworks?
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Glad you like it! We do have a variable pitch helix feature that Caden wrote in our free CADSharp FeatureScript Library.
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