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Holepuncher Spring

Holepuncher Spring

Holepuncher Spring

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I am having a problem whith drawing the spring in the angle bit inside a typical holepuncher. I have drawn a spring bit sweeping a circle through a helical profile. But I want to make the spring move in the twisting direction (not in the axial direction by compression or tension). Imagine a spring with the ends poking out laterally and twisting the spring by moving the extruded ends apart.  Can someone help me with this function ?  

Sunny.

RE: Holepuncher Spring

You cannot dynamically animate a spring with the basic SolidWorks functions. You will need Cosmos Motion or similar.

You could create an animation using configurations and recording them with the Animator module or  something similar.

cheers
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