import cadquery as cq r = 0.5 # Radius of the helix p = 0.4 # Pitch of the helix - vertical distance between loops h = 2.4 # Height of the helix - total height # Helix wire = cq.Wire.makeHelix(pitch=p, height=h, radius=r) helix = cq.Workplane(obj=wire) # Final result: A 2D shape swept along a helix. result = ( cq.Workplane('XZ') # helix is moving up the Z axis .center(r, 0) # offset isosceles trapezoid .polyline(((-.15,0.1), (0.0,0.05), (0,0.35), (-0.15,0.3))) .close() # make edges a wire .sweep(helix, isFrenet=True) # Frenet keeps orientation as expected ) show_object(result)