Helix

A Helix primitive causes a helical coil to be drawn.

NumSides <Value>

Parameter <Value>
Range >3
Default 3
(R)eal #, (I)nteger? I
Description Number of points in each turn.

NumCoils <Value>

Parameter <Value>
Range >1
Default 1
(R)eal #, (I)nteger? I
Description Number of turns to be completed.

CoilHeight <Value>

Parameter <Value>
Range >0.0 <0.0
Default 1.0
(R)eal #, (I)nteger? R
Description Distance for one turn of the coil.

CoilRadius <Value>

Parameter <Value>
Range >0.0
Default 1.0
(R)eal #, (I)nteger? R
Description Radius of the turn.

The gapfiller.mdl contains three helix primitives:

Component Helix1
Helix

FaceColor gray40
NumSides 10
NumCoils 23
CoilHeight 10.0
CoilRadius 0.75
WireRadius 1.0

EndHelix
EndComponent