cable around a cylinder?

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Mar 31, 2017 at 16:42	comment	added	Duarte Farrajota Ramos♦		Just invert the bevel animation direction, or the empty position, should be easy to fix, the underlying principle should be the same.
Mar 31, 2017 at 15:35	vote	accept	Dan Bennett
Mar 31, 2017 at 15:36
Mar 31, 2017 at 14:19	comment	added	Dan Bennett		Thanks, Duarte. It's not quite right - the ribbon arrives at the tank on the tangent - take a look at the video in my original post.
Mar 31, 2017 at 1:00	comment	added	Duarte Farrajota Ramos♦		The wire coming from the applicator could probably be easily done with another curve hooked to an empty with a path constraint. Answer updated to reflect that.
Mar 31, 2017 at 0:59	history	edited	Duarte Farrajota Ramos♦	CC BY-SA 3.0	Add more info about applicator tool wire
Mar 30, 2017 at 19:05	comment	added	Dan Bennett		That's amazing - thanks! OK, so I can see how this can be used to apply the helical windings - and it's a great help with getting the look right for the finished vessel. However, I may also need to show the winding process happening, with the ribbon of threads coming from the applicator tool. This would imply that I would somehow need to hook a curve to the leading edge of the bevel factor's effect. I'm guessing that would be hard to do...?
Mar 30, 2017 at 17:43	history	edited	Duarte Farrajota Ramos♦	CC BY-SA 3.0	added 87 characters in body
Mar 30, 2017 at 17:34	history	answered	Duarte Farrajota Ramos♦	CC BY-SA 3.0