Question on helix
Question on helix
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I have a fairly small variable pitch spring using a helix and about 50 revolutions. It takes a bit of time to save, rebuild etc. Is it video card, RAM, or processor speed that determines this time? I have a high end VC and a 3.0 Ghz Xeon processor, with 3Gb of RAM.
Thanks for any input.
Thanks for any input.






RE: Question on helix
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: Question on helix
Thanks
RE: Question on helix
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: Question on helix
RE: Question on helix
Looks more like constant-pitch, variable diameter...
Swept helix will take lots of crunching, no matter what.
If you are not actually engaged in manufacture of spring, I wouldn't bother. No appreciable gain for your pain. Just model the exterior & interior "envelope" surfaces. Use texture or thread if it makes you feel better.
p.s. nice model
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RE: Question on helix
RE: Question on helix
Jason
SolidWorks 2007 SP4.0 on WinXP SP2
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So many ways to do things. The way I mentioned above comes in handy if you need your helix to follow bends and curves.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: Question on helix
RE: Question on helix
HAAAA!
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: Question on helix
RE: Question on helix
My rebuild time with verification off is 2.13 seconds.
My forced rebuild (Ctrl-Q) time is over 2 minutes
Here is a picture of the entire model. It is a "K" type thermocouple. I will upload it to 3D Content Central today.
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It's simulating 85 turns. Total rebuild time 1.05s according to Tools->Feature Statistics. File size is about 700kb.
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Thanks much for your skilled input!
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Saving the file takes around 5 seconds to my hardrive.
My PC:
Intel Core2 6300 1.86ghz
4gb ram
Nvidia Quadro 3500 graphics
Winxp sp2
SolidWorks 2008 sp0
Jason
SolidWorks 2007 SP4.0 on WinXP SP2