polyHelix

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This node creates a polygonal helix according to the number of coils, height of helix, width of helix, radius of tube and direction of coil UVs on the plane are created according to the texture attribute.

Related nodes

polyTorus, polyCube, polyCone, polySphere, polyCylinder, polyPlane, polyPrism, polyPyramid, polyPipe, polyPlatonicSolid

Attributes (12)

coils, createUVs, direction, height, radius, roundCap, subdivisionsAxis, subdivisionsCaps, subdivisionsCoil, texture, useOldInitBehaviour, width

Long name (short name)	Type	Default	Flags
createUVs (cuv)	enum	2
Create UVs or not. 0: No UVs 1: No Normalization 2: Normalize 3: Normalize and Preserve Aspect Ratio
direction (d)	enum	1
What should be the direction of the coil. 0=Clockwise; 1=Counterclockwise
height (h)	distance (double)	2.0cm
Height of the helix.
coils (c)	double	3
Number of coils.
radius (r)	distance (double)	0.4cm
Radius of tube.
roundCap (rcp)	bool	false
To indicate whether we need a round cap
texture (tx)	enum	2
What texture mechanism to be applied 0=No textures; 1=Object; 2=Faces
useOldInitBehaviour (oib)	bool	false
Create the helix with base on the origin as in Maya V8.0 and below Otherwise create helix centred at origin
width (w)	distance (double)	2.0cm
Width of the helix.
subdivisionsAxis (sa)	integer	8
Subdivisions around the axis.
subdivisionsCoil (sco)	integer	50
Subdivisions along the coil.
subdivisionsCaps (sc)	integer	0
Subdivisions along the thickness caps.