Hi Y'all,
I'm new around here and I hope my question is appropriate for the forum and someone can help me with this.
I posted this in a discussion about the Helix Along Curve plugin yesterday, but haven't received any response.
I am trying to find a way to model a conical helix where the helix maintains a constant and specific pitch angle to a conical surface. It is also known as a conical log spiral.
The helix I am describing has the coils get closer together as they approach the apex of the cone. Here is an example:
I have searched these forums and all of the Googles on the Interwebs and had no luck finding a solution for SU. I have found plugins that draw helices with evenly spaced turns along an axis (Helix Along Curve, Screw, SPgears), but I need a way to build it by defining the pitch angle rather than the number of turns. The closest that I have been able to get is through Helix Along Curve, shown below, but this won't exactly work for what I need to model.
Can anyone help me with this, please?