Spiral Generator > Free Utility Available
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Dmitry Malutin has created some clever vector pattern generators. They were originally designed for use in Xara and other MS Windows apps. One of his tools is a spiral generator.
I thought a spiral creator might be useful for SketchUp folks so I asked Dmitry if he could adapt his current tool/utility to create DXF files.
Dmitry kindly responded and now you can download SPX-DXF.exe from http://xaraxtv.at.tut.by/spx.htm
Attached is a screen capture of the interface and an .skp file with an example of how a spiral pattern could be used.
If you see other utilities at Dmitry's site which you think would be useful in DXF format, Dmitry might be able to adapt them ... no guarantees that they can, however. The site has email link where you can submit your comments to Dmitry.
Regard, John
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Nice!
What about DrawHelix(rb-script) 13 by Peter Brown? -
Thanks John, that looks like a nice app.
I thought this would be better located in the Freeware forum so I moved it.
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I wasn't sure, is the spiral 2D or 3D ??
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it is 2d
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The spiral from Dmitry's code is 2D - it was 'smooved' into 3D in the demo skippy. I havne't check in detail but I don't think that this spiral generator does anything that can't be done with the existing K-tools or Helix scripts (with the possible exception of the 'segmented' spirals') though it has a much more friendly interface. So the trade off is between the friendly interface and the inconvenience of having to import the DXF file.
Bob
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thanks a lot!
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Thanks John! It's very useful app.
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