polyHelix

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This node creates a polygonal helix according to the number of coils, height of helix, width of helix, radius of tube and direction of coil UVs on the plane are created according to the texture attribute.

polyTorus, polyCube, polyCone, polySphere, polyCylinder, polyPlane, polyPrism, polyPyramid, polyPipe, polyPlatonicSolid

coils, createUVs, direction, height, radius, roundCap, subdivisionsAxis, subdivisionsCaps, subdivisionsCoil, texture, useOldInitBehaviour, width

Long name (short name)	Type	Default	Flags
coils (c)	double	3
Number of coils.
height (h)	distance (double)	2.0cm
Height of the helix.
width (w)	distance (double)	2.0cm
Width of the helix.
radius (r)	distance (double)	0.4cm
Radius of tube.
direction (d)	enum	1
What should be the direction of the coil. 0=Clockwise; 1=Counterclockwise
subdivisionsAxis (sa)	integer	8
Subdivisions around the axis.
subdivisionsCoil (sco)	integer	50
Subdivisions along the coil.
subdivisionsCaps (sc)	integer	0
Subdivisions along the thickness caps.
texture (tx)	enum	2
What texture mechanism to be applied 0=No textures; 1=Object; 2=Faces
createUVs (cuv)	enum	2
Create UVs or not. 0: No UVs 1: No Normalization 2: Normalize 3: Normalize and Preserve Aspect Ratio
roundCap (rcp)	bool	false
To indicate whether we need a round cap
useOldInitBehaviour (oib)	bool	false
Create the helix with base on the origin as in Maya V8.0 and below Otherwise create helix centred at origin