Here is a simple 'trick' for twisting your sketch along a
trajectory. You first create a helical shaped surface - using
the Helical feature, sketching a line to form a surface, Then
the edge of the surface can be selected as the x-vector in
Variable Section Sweep. This will cause your sketched profile
to rotate as it sweeps along the trajectory...
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First trajectory curve can be straight or curved.
A 2nd trajectory (know a the 'x-vector') is sometimes optional,
but if you do use one it must be at least as long as the trajectory
curve, because it must be available to orient the profile
sketch all the way down the trajectory... Here are 2 examples:
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