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Multiple Spirals with Different Starting angles

Multiple Spirals with Different Starting angles

Multiple Spirals with Different Starting angles

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I'm atempting to model a stent. I have modeled one spiral so far and the steps were,

1. Draw a 16mm circle
2. Use the Helix/Spiral option to create the spiral
3. Draw a 0.2 mm circle and pierce the starting point of the spiral
4. Sweep the circle from step 3 with the spiral as the path.

I am having trouble getting a circular pattern of spirals along the circle I created in step 1. I want an equally space set of spirals with each one starting from a point along the circumferance of the circle in step 1.

The only way that I have been able to do it is to repeat steps 1-4, but each spiral I create, I would set a new starting angle. 45, 45/2, 90, etc. However, that process would take forever if I need like 12 spirals going counterclockwise and clockwise.

 

RE: Multiple Spirals with Different Starting angles

Try patterning the spiral body instead of the feature.

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