Helical pattern

[dualspiralsystems]

Is there a way to use the cylindrical pattern command, on a helix path instead of on a circular plane? That is, copy something along a circular path, but have Z component to form a helix?
Thanks for your kind assistance.

 

[hinterneder]

Since I-DEAS patterns can form a seperate part, would your design be modelable by doing a pattern with parts that are larger than needed, and then removing the areas not needed (to form the helical shape)?

 

[dualspiralsystems]

Well what I did was to copy the entity so that 6 entities appeared in a straight line, then I rotated each individual entity by the corresponding degree so that each entity would lie on the helix (60, 120, etc...360) ...basically a two step process.