wrong axis moving helix into body

[Vincent B]

Im trying to move an helix into a body to make a thread. Its changing his axis X to Z. How to fit it on the X axis? is it a bug?

OS: Windows 8.1
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.17.12619 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: b3631e134be8bfade0534f2dc0ee668ae71a223f
Python version: 2.7.8
Qt version: 4.8.7
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 7.1.0
Locale: French/France (fr_FR)

[chrisb]

I succeeded in importing the helix horizontally as a shapebinder into the body. I succeeded as well to use it as path for a sweep. However, the sweep did not work, perhaps you have more luck following this idea.

And I would like to see the result.

[Vincent B]

Its Ok, its succeded with a shapeBinder. Thanks

[chrisb]

What I had tested and could not get working was the additive pipe.
I can open your file. When I double click the subtractive pipe FreeCAD crashes. When I delete and recreate the sweep the triangle is in the middle of the cylinder and I get a fancy spiral. I will update to the most recent version and retry.

[chrisb]

Similar situation with the current Ubuntu:
Crash when double clicking the subtractive pipe.

When I delete the sweep the swept triangle is in the middle:

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When I recreate the sweep, the triangle jumps to the correct position and I can create the sweep like yours.
When I reopen the sweep the triangle is in the middle again and stays there after ok. The result is this:

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I cannot paste my FreeCAD info, it makes my browser hang, perhaps it is a problem with my new virtual machine and its clipboard copy function, but my version is 0.17.12643