DraftSight: Go Viral with Helix and Spiral

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Continuing last blog’s theme of hidden drawing features, the Helix command quickly creates personalized spirals to add to your designs. The function is located under the Center icon’s drop-down menu in the Draw section of the Home tab in the ribbon.

Likewise, when selected, you’ll be prompted to specify an axis position, meaning where your spiral or helix begins. Then, you’ll select a base radius or diameter, by either clicking on a position in the drawing window, or typing a specific length into the command window.

Next up, you’ll define the top radius, diameter, or spiral of your helix, and then press enter. If you select spiral, you’ll be asked for a pitch, which is the distance between the revolutions in your spiral design.

Lastly, DraftSight offers four drawing options, ensuring you the freedom to express your ideal vision.

First up is the Axis endpoint option, this transforms your spiral into a straight helix, and you’ll be asked to specify its final endpoint. Keep in mind that unless you choose Axis endpoint, your drawing will be a circular spiral, rather than a vertical helix shape.

The next option allows you to change the Direction of your spiral to clockwise or counterclockwise.

The last two options are Pitch and Revolutions, which do exactly what their names suggest. Revolutions are the number of times your spiral loops around, and the pitch is the distance between those revolutions (as previously mentioned).

I hope this post encourages you to include the Helix command in your daily DraftSight designs!

Check out the video below to see it in action!

 

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