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Braided Hose Tutorial by Leandro Fernandes Via GrabCad

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions for modeling a braided hose in Solidworks, beginning with sketches to create the profile and path for swept surfaces to form each strand. Multiple patterns are then used to replicate the strands around the hose, and mirrors and moves create the full braided structure. By following 34 steps, the tutorial demonstrates how to model a basic straight braided hose without curvature in Solidworks.

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Braided Hose Tutorial by Leandro Fernandes Via GrabCad

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions for modeling a braided hose in Solidworks, beginning with sketches to create the profile and path for swept surfaces to form each strand. Multiple patterns are then used to replicate the strands around the hose, and mirrors and moves create the full braided structure. By following 34 steps, the tutorial demonstrates how to model a basic straight braided hose without curvature in Solidworks.

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Tutorial: How to model a braided hose in

Solidworks?
Design & CAD SOLIDWORKS
tube hose solidworks pipe strand braided
By Leandro Fernandes on August 9th, 2013 5 comments
This tutorial was originally created as an answer to this Question:
https://grabcad.com/questions/tutorial-how-to-model-a-braided-hose-in-solidworks

Are you sure you're ready to witness awesomeness?

1. Step 1

On the top plane draw a circle with a 15mm diameter:

2. Step 2

You can exit the sketch but you dont need to. Go to Insert->Curve->Helix/Spiral:
3. Step 3

Now draw a 24mm counterclockwise constant pitch helix starting at 0. The number of
revolutions will determine the overall length of the hose. I just set it to 20:

4. Step 4

Now on the right plane draw a horizontal construction line from the origin to the helix
starting point:
5. Step 5

Draw a perpendicular construction line (to the last line you just drew) measuring 4mm:

6. Step 6

Draw another construction line collinear with this last one:


7. Step 7

Now you can insert a Smart Dimension on this last line (of 4mm), or you can select both
vertical construction lines and add a relation of Equal to them:

8. Step 8

Use the first vertical line to draw a 3 Point Arc whose start and end points coincide with
the start and end points of said line:
9. Step 9

Draw another horizontal construction line starting at the arc middle point and ending at
the vertical line middle point:

10.Step 10

Set the dimension of this last line to something like 0.3mm:


11. Step 11

Draw another 3 Point Arc using the above vertical line the same way as before, but now
invert the side of the concavity:

12.Step 12

Select both arcs and add a relation of Tangent:


13.Step 13

At this point you need to add a Linear Sketch Pattern of both arcs on the Y-axis with a
spacing of 8mm and a number of instances of 3. Since by default the number of instances
on the X-axis will be set to two you need to set it to 1 and proceed:

14.Step 14

Navigate to the Surfaces tools tab and select the Swept Surface:
15.Step 15

Choose the last sketch you did (the one with the arcs) for the profile and the helix for the
path:

16.Step 16

Start a new sketch on the top plane and press the Convert Entities button:
17.Step 17

Now select the very first sketch you did (the 15mm circle). It will be invisible so you
have to expand the feature tree (just click the little + sign):

18.Step 18

Insert another Helix with the exact same settings as the first one except now make its
direction clockwise:
19.Step 19

Again on the top plane start a new sketch and draw a simple vertical line:

20.Step 20

Navigate to the Surfaces tab and choose another Swept Surface. Now the profile is
the simple vertical line and the path is the clockwise helix:
21.Step 21

Start a 3D Sketch and press the Intersection Curve button:

22.Step 22

Select all the 7 faces that you have in your model up so far and press OK:
23.Step 23

This step is not mandatory (at least if your hose wont be curved in 3D space) but I prefer
to do it anyway. Select all the entities that make up your 3D Sketch (you can just draw a
big selection rectangle around all of them) and go to Tools->Spline Tools->Fit Spline:

24.Step 24
Select Delete geometry, lower that tolerance and deselect the last 3 options.
BTW if there is anyone from Dassault Systmes reading this let me tell you mate that
having the last 3 options checked by default is a major PITA, especially if I am trying to
fit a spline over a large number of entities (as in this case) because the program really
starts to slow down (having to do so much math). Personally I would prefer to have the 3
options unchecked by default, but anyway let's continue:

25.Step 25

Now you can exit from your 3D Sketch and hide the two Swept Surfaces (Right mouse
button over the name of the surface to hide (on the feature tree)->Hide):
26.Step 26

Lets create a new reference Plane perpendicular to the 3D Sketch, to draw a circle to
serve as the cross section of our strand:

27.Step 27

So start a new Sketch in the plane you just created and draw a 0.2mm diameter circle
whose center is the origin of the reference plane:
28.Step 28

Now you can hide that reference plane if you want. Do a Swept Boss/Base and choose
for the profile this last circle and for the path the 3D Sketch:

29.Step 29

It may not look like it but youre done. Lets just add the remaining strands and see our
final model. So start a new sketch in the Front plane and draw a simple vertical line (to
serve as a guide for a circular Pattern we will be doing shortly). It doesnt matter its
length or where it starts or ends as long as it is coincident with the origin (in SW being
coincident doesnt actually imply passing through):

30.Step 30

Well lets just do the fore mentioned circular Pattern. Use the this last vertical line as the
Pattern Axis, use an angle of something around 3 and a number of instances of 4, choose
the strand and press OK:
31.Step 31

Do the exact same step but reverse the direction of the circular Pattern:

32.Step 32

Now do a linear Pattern. Select the last vertical line as the Pattern Direction, set the
spacing to 2mm and the number of instances to 12. Select the 7 bodies and press OK:
33.Step 33

Not bad. Not bad at all. Its starting to look like something. Lets just wrap it up. Do a
mirror along the Right Plane of all the bodies. You dont have to select everyone
individually, you can expand the Bodies folder and select the first body hold Shift and
select the last one too. If you have Merge solids checked, uncheck it and press OK:

34.Step 34

Lets just move the bodies created with the mirror feature to resolve the intersection that
exists as of yet. Go to Insert->Features->Move/Copy and move the bodies 1mm in the Y-
direction:
35.Step 35

Holy Sweet Jesus of Heaven. Its a motherf*cking braided hose:

36.Step 36

Were done, this is it. Its a straight braided hose, not curved in 3D space. It could be
made to be more realistic the problem is that my computer cant handle it at the moment.
Thomas Walkemeyer 6 months ago

Is there a way to create the circular pattern around a curved axis?

@Thomas Walkemeyer ...for circular patters i go to


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