On 1/6/2016 3:55 AM, Le_Forgeron wrote:
> Le 06/01/2016 09:11, Thomas de Groot a écrit :
>> On 6-1-2016 6:48, Mike Horvath wrote:
>>> How do I create a spiral tube, like a spring? Like this:
>>>
>>> http://www.f-lohmueller.de/pov_tut/animate/anim16e.htm
>>>
>>> but a single object, not a union of spheres?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>> In a modeller, this is pretty easy, for instance building a spiral line
>> segment (aka a spline) and an appropriate surface to follow it. However,
>> that may not be what you want.
>>
>
> generating a spline along an helix is rather easy. Then if sphere_sweep
> is acceptable, the problem is solved.
>
> Now, do you considere sphere_sweep a single object ?
>
>


Can a spline accurately mimic a helix?


Mike

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