Painting a pyramid or a trunk of cone

[arradoy]

hello everybody
Iwould like to paint a regular spiraled band on a trunk of cone (lighthouse) How to do that ???

[TECHDAVE02]

Take a look here
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=44552#p397448

Post the file so that the group can see??

[Dave R]

Like this?

I drew a helix using the Draw Helix plugin. It has the same taper as the truncated cone. I used Copy/Rotate to make a copy 180 degrees from the original. then I exploded the two helix groups so they intersected with the cone. A little paint and Bob's yer uncle.

[TECHDAVE02]

Dave R what he said

Hey Quick Draw you all right.

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