Spiral face groove
Spiral face groove
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Can anyone help me to generate a spiral groove into the face of a solid model. The feature has a sketch profile of a 2mm square, a 3mm pitch with a c/w spiral path of 2 revolutions. The internal diameter sketch is 26mm
I am able to produce an embossed or male spiral but not the opposite female groove. I have tried all the obvious like shelling, cutting etc. The spiral groove is there but you can not see it. I feel I must be missing the obvious, (SW2003)
I am able to produce an embossed or male spiral but not the opposite female groove. I have tried all the obvious like shelling, cutting etc. The spiral groove is there but you can not see it. I feel I must be missing the obvious, (SW2003)






RE: Spiral face groove
The solution is to make sure that the "sides" and "cap" of the profile extend well outside the original body. (You should fully define them with a suitable dimension.) These days, whenever I cut any kind of feature next to the original body surface (even simple straight cut-extrude) I always do this.
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RE: Spiral face groove
I had already tried what you described including a 'U’ section groove ‘sketch’ which protruded just above the solid surface of the model which is the nearest that I can get to a visual representation of a spiral face groove. If I place the groove section on the top of the solid surface I get a perfect male spiral. As it is immersed into the surface face of the solid it begins to disappear. It’s like putting it into water without the displacement.
I keep thinking it is a SolidWorks issue, which I suppose is the easy way out.
RE: Spiral face groove
There is not an icon/button for the cut-sweep features--only the "male" or solid/boss features. For the cut features (until 2004 where you can add the buttons to your tool bars) you need to use the menus. (Insert, Cut, Sweep--or something like that.)
I hope I'm understanding the problem correctly.
Jeff Mowry
Industrial Designhaus, LLC
http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com
RE: Spiral face groove