Tutorial: How to make a springy spring

mandeep singh

31 Oct, 2012 06:47 PM

I am going to make a springy spring.
The project is Springy Spring.

1. Step 1:

   First of all draw a circle on top plane
   

   

2. Step 2:

   Now use a helix/spiral commend and give that circle to it and give parameters in fig.
   

   

3. Step 3:

   Now draw a line at right plane and coincident to the helix start point.
   

   

4. Step 4:

   now use surface sweep commend to make a sweep of line which is twist along path. you can refer all parameters from fig.
   

   

5. Step 5:

   now at top view draw a circle whose center is at corner of that surface as same as in next step
   

   

6. Step 6:

   this circle is now looking like this now.
   

   

7. Step 7:

   Now sweep that circle along path the edge of that surface sweep line.
   

   

8. Step 8:

   now delete that surface which is now we have no use.
   

   

9. Step 9:

   this is your final springy spring
   

   

10. Step 10:

    you can render like this
    

    

11. Step 11:

    and also this.