# 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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**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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