Drawing a coil (inductor) on different shapes

michal_dziczkowski

Hello. Sorry if my question is trivial, but I'm starting the design using OneShape (earlier I had used other software).

I would like to ask, how could I draw a coil (inductor) on shapes like a toroid or a shape on with I would like to design an transformer?

john_mcclary

Try this featurescript out.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/59007ff281e43510ea3797a2/w/a6cb15bca8f1b2bf6e312ccd/e/8695694c2f658a05d1fb7da2

michal_dziczkowski

john_mcclary said:

Try this featurescript out.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/59007ff281e43510ea3797a2/w/a6cb15bca8f1b2bf6e312ccd/e/8695694c2f658a05d1fb7da2

The most close of what I need is the drawing on the "part1" tab, second from the top left with the dentisity of the first top left

john_mcclary

Add that feature to your toolbar by clicking "custom features" on the top, then selecting the features you want to use.




Then in your drawing, create a circle to spiral around and set up your parameters.
When creating a 3d shape around the coil, you can't sweep and be self intersecting.
so you have to do a few steps to split up the ends


There is probably a cleaner way to do this, but the Idea is there so you can work your way around it.
Coil | Part Studio 1 (onshape.com)