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kmark1-Visitor
1-Visitor
May 10, 2013
Question

Toroid inductor coil

I like some help with creating an inductor toroid coil as seen here in the attached picture.

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    TomD.inPDX17-Peridot
    17-Peridot
    May 11, 2013

    How close to accurate and detailed do you need it?

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    TomD.inPDX17-Peridot
    17-Peridot
    May 11, 2013

    This is normally overkill, but it would look something like this:

    toroid_part.JPG

    Many patterned sweeps and a few point-to-point datum curves.

    Creo 2.0 file attached.

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      VladimirPalffy14-Alexandrite
      14-Alexandrite
      May 13, 2013

      Dear Kevin

      Many years ago I created this model of Toroidal Coil

      toroidal_coil.jpg

      toroidal_coil_asm.jpg

      Try to investigate the model tree and you will see that I have used only curves and Sweep feature - it is not necessary to create Pattern feature.

      If you need to manage number of coil thread - you can easy change the Parameter (in my example - POCET_ZAVITOV (slovak name)):

      toroidal_coil.png

      Here is the Tutorial for you: User defined springs

      Regards,

      Vladimir

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        TomD.inPDX17-Peridot
        17-Peridot
        May 13, 2013

        Vladimir, is there a reason you don't prefer patterns?

        I considered two things when posting this method;

        • The pattern break at the crossover wire.
        • The level of complexity to construct the model.

        I like the way you intersected the surfaces to create the sweep trajetory but it leaves little room for the interuption requiring two such features.

        In the end, the patterned model with a few sweep sections seems simpler in this particular case.

        Video Link : 4002

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          VladimirPalffy14-Alexandrite
          14-Alexandrite
          May 13, 2013

          Hi Antonius, I like the pattern feature and sweep feature too - PTC Creo is my favorite.

          Your model is really good, I like it too.

          I wanted to show the other method for you and others members

          Regards,

          Vladimir

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