Almost automatic spring generation as you wish is possible... The principle in text and the document are in the attached zip. Note that the spring has a small anomaly for a sheet metal part at the level of the tangency with the outer loop (angular connection).
wow! All this is beyond my skills, it gives me a headache.
Quick, a Doliprane.
I'm going to stay on your first way of doing things and that I'm starting to master well thanks to the video.
On the other hand, sometimes I get an error on the transition fold function between sketch 2 and 3 (the sketches intersect) and I can't find where my error comes from.
and your last file sent is under 2018, me under 2016 so impossible to open.