Create a Spiral Around a non-circular profile

[jasonhomrighaus]

Hello,

   Im trying to figure out if there is a relatively quick/Automated method to create a spiral around a nonuniform shape.  Essentially Im trying to "wrap" a hose around a rectangular ish object and get a relatively accurate model of said wrap.

Any thoughts?

Jason

[davebYYPCU]

Surface Sweep with twist angle.

Trim with wrapped object, 

Pipe.

Might help….

[jasonhomrighaus]

I see that but I want to make 16 wraps, sweep only allows for 1

[TrippyLighting]

You can sweep angles larger than 360 degrees. I usually multiply 360 times the number of revolutions I want.

[davebYYPCU]

Now you tell me….

16 hoses or 16 revolutions of one hose?

[g-andresen]

Hi,

Sweep > twist = 16+360°

günther

[jasonhomrighaus]

16 wraps of a single hose.

[jasonhomrighaus]

looking for wraps like this.  A quick way to create this kind of wrap around a non uniform core. 

This was made using a ton of offsets, then a lot of editing to add fillets in the outer layers. so rather frustrating and time consuming.

[jasonhomrighaus]

see previous reply for the nature of the sweep im trying to accomplish

[jasonhomrighaus]

see above for an example of the desired result