Designing a Coil Spring

Create a helix and sweep the cross section. Here are some video tutorials.

Dear NIck,

                yes it can do.you can create spiral as attached pic. if you want 3D object please create cross profile perpendicular to starting point of spiral then sweep.

BR

I made a macro to do this: http://solidmentor.com/modules/wiwimod/index.php?page=AutomatedSpringMacro&back=Macro%20Library

Make sure to put the template in the correct directory.