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Make 2 Profile Sweeps on 1 Helix

Make 2 Profile Sweeps on 1 Helix

Make 2 Profile Sweeps on 1 Helix

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Good morning.  I am trying to make a model of a hose with an inner core liner.  The model is a coiled hose and so I am using a helix and I can sweep either the core profile and the braid profile, but not both even if they are in the same sketch.  There are a dozen different versions of this model and 3 different size hoses, so the helix will be changing to fit larger hose od's.  Any suggestion on what I am doing wrong?  Thank you in advance for any assistance.

RE: Make 2 Profile Sweeps on 1 Helix

Helix does not like to be used in more than one feature.  Strange bug that has never been resolved.

For each sweep, do not use the helix curve.  Make a 3D sketch, copy the helix using "Convert Entities", and use the 3D sketch for your sweep path.

RE: Make 2 Profile Sweeps on 1 Helix

(OP)
Thanks for the response.  I will give it a try and see if anything happens, but I don't work with 3D sketch every much.

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