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The document provides a step-by-step tutorial for creating a spring using SolidWorks. It instructs the user to first create a helix curve with a 200mm diameter circular cross-section and 20mm pitch over 180 degrees of revolution. It then guides the user to sketch a 5mm diameter circle and use the sweep tool to extrude it along the helix path to form the spring shape.

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Página 1 de 6 3D Cad Resources - Solidworks - Tutorial For Beginner - Spring

The document provides a step-by-step tutorial for creating a spring using SolidWorks. It instructs the user to first create a helix curve with a 200mm diameter circular cross-section and 20mm pitch over 180 degrees of revolution. It then guides the user to sketch a 5mm diameter circle and use the sweep tool to extrude it along the helix path to form the spring shape.

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3D CAD Resources | SolidWorks - Tutorial for beginner - Spring

This illustrated step by step tutorials shows you how to create a spring.

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1) Start a new session and select helix tool from the toolbar or from insert menu as shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2

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Figure 2 .

2) Now you are supposed to sketch a circle to define a helix cross-section. I have selected front plane to sketch the circle as shown in

Figure 3. 3) Now select circle tool from tool bar or from tools menu as shown in figure 4 and figure 5.

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Figure 4.

Figure 5. 4) I have created a circle with 200mm diameter as shown in figure 6.

Figure 6. 5) Exit sketcher workbench by clicking exit sketch as shown in figure 7.

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Figure 7.

6) When Helix/Spiral PropertyManager appears enter the parameters as shown in figure 8. You can see that I have selected Pitch a parameters I selected constant pitch and I have given the value for pitch as 20 mm and the number of revolution of the helix curve w be 180 degrees and finally I selected clockwise radio button.

Figure 8. 7) Now click and resultant helix would be as shown in figure 9.

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Figure 9.

8) Now you have to create a sketch to define profile of the spring. Let us go to sketcher work bench by clicking the sketcher tool as s

Figure 10. 9) Now select top plane from specification tree and create a circle with 5mm diameter as shown in figure 11.

Figure 11. 10) Select sweep tool from tool bar or from insert menu as shown in figure 12 and figure 13.

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Figure 12.

Figure 13. 11) Select the sketch for profile and helix for path as shown in figure 14.

Figure 14. 12) Click in sweep PropertyManager and the resultant spring would be as shown in figure 15.

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Figure 15.

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