close helix

hi @ll,

could someone give an advice how to close that helix ?
so that i get a hose that is deployable...

thanks for the help

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Permalink Reply by dcay on June 22, 2009 at 5:20am

anyone ?

basically i want a surface like on the picture attached that fills out the helix curve.
... cant be so hard ?

thanx

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Permalink Reply by Luis Fraguada on June 22, 2009 at 7:05am

Try a dividing the helix to generate points. Use curve SDL with the direction set to the same axis as the helix to generate the section curves for a loft. The length of the curves should be the spacing in your helix. Then use a loft to generate the surface.
-luis

Permalink Reply by dcay on June 22, 2009 at 7:38am

thanks,

this works fine ...
how would i do if i want to lay a heli over a given form, surface ?

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