How to make this (loft section along a helix)

[TIG]

FollowMe twists extrusions like this.

Eneroth has an 'upright-extruder' extensions hosted at the EWH - that would extrude the cross-section along the he lical curve

Alternatively, if you have managed to get the one curved surface made, that's following the helical curve's path, then you could add a thickness to it using a tool like Fredo's JointPushPull available from our PluginStore...

[nlipovac]

Maybe you could try that with TrueBend plugin, just set more sections.
Here is a tut on that:
https://youtu.be/BRi-GwcolZ4

[Dave R]

Since there's always more than one way, you could use the Helix tool from Curve Maker, Adebeo Pushline, and Joint Push/Pull.

[pilou]

[L i am]

Thanks for your help guys I used Daves method, it was both easy and did the job One hint to others though, make sure you explode the helix before using adebo_pushline.

[Box]

Here's another.

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[L i am]

Thanks Box, I will try that as I see some issues including Mapping and faceting due to the amount of segments I used. Couls somebody please exlain how to control the amount of line segments in curvmaker?
Also is there a plugin so I can fix the mapping?

Cheers

[Box]

Have a look at Fredo's Thrupaint.

[L i am]

Thanks Box, I will do that. I ran the model through a Ray trace engine as opposed to the prior real time renderer. I was pleasently suprised at the outcome. With a bit of tweeking it will look cool if I have some luck with True paint. I bow to plugin developers

[L i am]

@box said:

Have a look at Fredo's Thrupaint.

I just did a search in Sketchucation for "Thrupaint" ..............nothing, any ideas as to why?

Cheers

[Box]

It's part of Fredo Tools.

[GD3Design]

@l i am said:

I just did a search in Sketchucation for "Thrupaint" ..............nothing, any ideas as to why?

Cheers[/quote]

It is actually found in a suite of Fredo's plugins called, 'FredoTools'. https://sketchucation.com/plugin/907-fredotools

[L i am]

@gd3design said:

@l i am said:

I just did a search in Sketchucation for "Thrupaint" ..............nothing, any ideas as to why?

Cheers

It is actually found in a suite of Fredo's plugins called, 'FredoTools'. https://sketchucation.com/plugin/907-fredotools[/quote]

Thanks GD3 and box. Can you or anyone please suggest another plugin other than Fredo? I am sure its good but I downloaded 4 plugins today without any brainwork or problems. I would just like a plugin that is simple and easy to instal.

[GD3Design]

I honestly can't recommend any other plugin besides ThruPaint for this job, it is indispensable....I use it daily. Although, I remember ThomThom had a UV plugin that could get you there, but it wasn't as intuitive and always seemed a bit difficult to use for me. Also, Whaat has a UV plugin that can apply some different projection UV mapping that could possibly work here. I still prefer ThruPaint, it gives you much more power and control over your final product. But no matter how tired you are, you are still going to have to install a plugin and learn it to get this task finished.....so might as well use the best one. (ThruPaint)

[L i am]

Thanks GD3, after contacting support @ Raylectron (Render engine) I was told to right click on the texture box and click on "recreate UV map" worked perfectly

[L i am]

I was just experimenting and kind of liked the render.