Re: How to draw a helix?

Hi Rob

there's usually a teenager out there who knows about this stuff...

http://library.creativecow.net/articles/rosati_vincent/ai_helix_1.php

(google   draw helix illustrator   for more)

good luck!
alastair


On 28/05/2010, at 9:32 AM, Rob Phillips wrote:

> Hello everyone
>
> Can anyone suggest a way to draw a helix (coil spring).  I want  
> something like the one at http://www.eldoradosoft.com/images/3pi/track_planning/Helix13.gif 
>  but with 5 or 6 turns.  I don't have any 3D software, but I do have  
> Adobe Illustrator CS, Inspiration and Omnigraffle.
>
> I found I could trace shapes with bezier curves in omnigraffle, but  
> it's still not smooth enough.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Rob
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