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If you need to model a 3D spiral in Inventor (e.g. a 3D pipe path, own spring type, wind up a hose or cable on a reel, etc.) you can use the "Project to Surface" function in 3D sketch. You can wrap an angled line on a cylindrical surface.

Then you can sweep a profile along this 3D path or generate a wire or pipe system.

(if you need a bended spring along an arc - see the Block Catalog)

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See also:
Tip 14405:How do I create a 3D helix or 2D spiral sketch in Fusion?
Tip 14204:How to draw a parabola in Autodesk Fusion (or other 2D/3D curves).
Tip 13960:Fermat's spiral in AutoCAD.
Tip 13906:How to construct a 2D spiral shape in Inventor?
Tip 13653:FPoly - draw fixed-length polylines in AutoCAD.
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