# Spring around a curve

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/spring-around-a-curve/34865>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [October 17, 2024, 6:17am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/spring-around-a-curve/34865 "2024-10-17T06:17:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Wick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df788c/32.png) [@Wick](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Wick)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 6:17am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/spring-around-a-curve/34865/1 "2024-10-17T06:17:39Z")

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Dear all, I’m trying to understand how I might form a spring around a curve, as in my kitchen tap (faucet). In the example here, I’ve ‘bodged’ things around manually, and from a distance it’s okay, but doubt it’d bear close scrutiny. I thought I might be able to create a sweep, but have failed to come up with much of anything. Wondering if someone has any ideas I could try. Many thanks in anticipation…

 ![Kitchen tap](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/c/e/cef5761cd88bb260ec5261ab07d0c2354b8cbbb0.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Bob3DPO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7993a0/32.png) [@Bob3DPO](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Bob3DPO)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 6:37am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/spring-around-a-curve/34865/2 "2024-10-17T06:37:34Z")

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Hi Wick, here is one way that gets pretty close.

> [@How to create twisted cable or wire?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/how-to-create-twisted-cable-or-wire/9792/3):
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> Hi, one of our users has created a tutorial for this case, please take a look at it:
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> ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/7/7f95521f6041aa2333caac38a0bdbd1bfc3fe317.jpeg "Shapr3D Faucet Coil Tutorial")
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> [Shapr3D Faucet Coil Tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKcEO85ViaQ)

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**Author:** ![Wick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df788c/32.png) [@Wick](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Wick)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 8:18am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/spring-around-a-curve/34865/3 "2024-10-17T08:18:28Z")

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Hello Bob

Thank you for directing me towards that video. One I don’t remember seeing before. I’ll watch it later today after work.

Great job!