[![enter image description here][1]][1][![enter image description here][2]][2]I am a newbie to Blender who is realizing i need to slow down and learn the basics.  I can use a curve and array modifier to make an object fill up and follow this curve.  I'm assuming there is a way to get this cylinder to appear to be endlessly generating from the origin. Is the only way to do this to set up a procedural animation?  I'm pretty confused and especially confused by the procedural stuff.  thanks.  
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