There are multiple ways of doing this, Red. If your machine can do helical interpolation, then there would be no problem.
However, a lot of CADCAM software also has a utility to create helices composed of very short line segments which approximate the helix. In this case, you only need to check if your controller is capable of doing a 3 axis linear movement.
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