Union Merge with Swept part

[VTHokiEE]

I anm trying to create what I thought would be a simple ice cream cup to learn the features of FreeCAD to use with a 3D printer and I'm hitting a brick wall. No matter what I do I cannot get a swept part to merge as a solid. I've tried editing the sweep so that it doesn't intersect, but nothing seems to work. I know the part in't perfect but I'd like to turn the attached part into a solid piece. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for any advice and help

OS: Windows 10
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.16.6706 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-16
Hash: f86a4e411ff7848dea98d7242f43b7774bee8fa0
Python version: 2.7.8
Qt version: 4.8.7
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 6.8.0.oce-0.17

[Willem]

Hi, welcome to the forum

The helix can be given an angle, with a big circle on the bottom of the icecream and a smaller circle on the top you need only one sweep. The solution for this problem was more simple than you were looking for, I gave it a strawberry flavor

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[VTHokiEE]

Thank you so much! I'll take a look at your update in the morning. I knew I was making it harder than necessary.