One quick method (of many and maybe not the best) for designing and printing custom compression springs. There are lots of methods for making springs and as many different CAD packages. Having said that, the basic principles are often very similar. So, don't panic if this demo uses one CAD program and your using another. What's important is the basic steps. Remember that you can resize and scale the spring model at any time. Changing the diameter of the starting cylinder will also give you different properties for the spring. BASIC STEPS TO MODEL A SPRING: See steps in sequential images (above). Here are two sets of x,y,z angles that demonstrate the process. Play around with these numbers and have fun. Hope this is useful!