Newbie..Helix along a path??

[Jared]

Hi,

 

This is my first post on CG, (Yay)..so please bare with me.

I am still learning C4D with every bit of spare time that i get, bt unfortunatley, a long way from where i need to be.

 

I am busy designing a walkway for for a hotel development here in South Africa. However the walkway needs to be surrounded by a steel spiral tube.

I am having trouble making the tube follow a path in C4D.

Could someone please show me how to setup the objects in the object manager to create this effect. i have attached a snap shot of what i have setup so far. You can see the highlited polyline that i need the helix to follow.

Please note that i also need the spirals within the helix to be 1200mm apart, as they (roughly) are now.

 

Cheers

Jared

Cinema 4D R11 (architectural edition)

[J.C]

I'm not sure I understood right but you might want to try with mograph.

[Jared]

Hi J.C

Thanks for getting back to me. your image is exactly what im trying to achieve. However, i dont have Mograph as i only have the architectural edition.

[J.C]

You could use bend deformers with a little patience. Create the helix, drop the first bend deformer, once you got the first twist matched to the shape you are after, drop a second deformer put it in the middle where the next curve is and adjust accordingly and so on... Adjust the helix height if it doesn´t match at the end or begining, could also make the helix editable and remove points once you got the shape set but are strugling with either end.

[Jared]

J.C

 

Thanks so much. Its exactly what i needed.I knew it had something to do with Bend deformers??, but the spiral wouldnt bend when i applied them. I see now that it was just the hierarchy setup in my objects manager that was wrong. I see what you mean by the ends of the helix..they seem to drift off the path a bit.