# How can i create a tapered/conical helix

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**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [November 11, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-create-a-tapered-conical-helix/35124 "2024-11-11T19:53:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tanner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@Tanner](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Tanner)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-create-a-tapered-conical-helix/35124/1 "2024-11-11T19:53:04Z")

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Ive been using shapr3d for about 6 months now and there is still so much i don’t know(as proven here 😂). However i have been recently making something for my local nursing home to help the elderly, and i need some sort of tube type shape (helix) that spirals down at the angle of the bucket(shown in picture below) but not straight down. hopefully someone can help me here cause i can’t.

the picture provided is of the actual object i am designing(the bucket), aswell as the circle that im trying to extrude. also included is the helix that the circle creates after being revolved around the axis in the center of the bucket.(you can see how it sticks out almost all the way down because it isnt tapered or angled at all)

unfortunately i just made a account on the community and i cant add more than one image per topic 🙃

 ![Screenshot 2024-11-11 132735](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/9/8/98f2510f19b5741b34b0d23bfd9dd183010ac97e.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![PEC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@PEC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/PEC)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-create-a-tapered-conical-helix/35124/2 "2024-11-12T17:22:23Z")

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Hi @Tanner

Welcome to the forum.  
The solution to your problem has been discussed several times and is not obvious at first. I do not take the credit for this, but I cannot remember who shared it for the first time.  
The point is to sweep the circle along the edge of a body specially created for this purpose by intersecting an helix with a cone.

The video shows it all.  
Hope it helps 😀

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**Author:** ![Tanner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@Tanner](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Tanner)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 1:51am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-create-a-tapered-conical-helix/35124/3 "2024-12-14T01:51:05Z")

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You are a freakin’ life saver!!! Thank you so much!!!

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**Author:** ![Robert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/robert/32/1329_2.png) [@Robert](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Robert)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 8:12am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-create-a-tapered-conical-helix/35124/4 "2024-12-14T08:12:15Z")

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I believe that I did that 😉

> [@Tapered thread](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/tapered-thread/9312):
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> I need to draw up and print a tapered thread and I see there were a couple of threads started several years ago but none seemed to go anywhere. One was requesting advice to do exactly what I need to draw up but unfortunately the advice given was so short and cryptic and doesn’t make sense and isn’t helpful. Anyone have any advice on drawing up a thread on a truncated tapered cone? thanks

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**Author:** ![PEC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@PEC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/PEC)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 10:49am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-create-a-tapered-conical-helix/35124/5 "2024-12-14T10:49:00Z")

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Hi @Robert  
It is indeed what I was remembering but I was not able to put the hand on it!

It opened to me new horizons because before I read your post, I was not aware that body’s edges could be used as guides.

(I can’t edit my previous post to give you the credit you deserve 😁 because it is marked as solution)

Best

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**Author:** ![Robert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/robert/32/1329_2.png) [@Robert](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Robert)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-create-a-tapered-conical-helix/35124/6 "2024-12-14T11:25:15Z")

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It’s not a problem, I’m just glad that I could help out 😊

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**Author:** ![Robert](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/robert/32/1329_2.png) [@Robert](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Robert)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-create-a-tapered-conical-helix/35124/7 "2024-12-14T12:15:53Z")

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It’s also useful for making some difficult sketches, like a spiral  
Just use the project tool 👌🏻

 ![IMG_1606](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/b/7/b7dbfd564870ca63931e5afc54572263d43ef330.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_1603](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/a/4/a4dd295ec1c6e844974ffa37025323d52b82be98.png)  
 ![IMG_1604](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/e/c/eca57c797b6b053558367cf57429a177e6e0a600.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_1605](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/3/e/3e8f70bece82486cf897a5d0c8f9232e18aed779.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Oregonerd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/oregonerd/32/8012_2.png) [@Oregonerd](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Oregonerd)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-can-i-create-a-tapered-conical-helix/35124/8 "2024-12-15T20:03:37Z")

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How did you make the initial spiral?