# Helix

**URL:** <https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/helix/12322>\
**Category:** Geometry\
**Created:** [June 7, 2017, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/helix/12322 "2017-06-07T07:47:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Phanse17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@Phanse17](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Phanse17)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/helix/12322/1 "2017-06-07T07:47:07Z")

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Hey guys. i wrote a little script, to make a Helix. As for now i made it so that i just extrude a rectangel. The question is if anybody has any toughts on how i can extrude it as defined profile? i have tried with the ‘profile from revit’ node… Not succesfull tough 🙂

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/5/4/54f046728c8c399e5f8365f97bcc132db2d24429.PNG)

The code looks like this

Any help is apreciated 🙂 Thx in advantage.

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**Author:** ![Phanse17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@Phanse17](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Phanse17)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/helix/12322/2 "2017-06-07T07:49:08Z")

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Whoops… like this the code looks 🙂

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/3/c/3c75087a31ecb100ac613cf26c5454ef83b2c5e2.PNG)

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**Author:** ![john\_pierson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/john_pierson/32/191977_2.png) [@john\_pierson](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/john_pierson)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/helix/12322/3 "2017-06-07T14:50:59Z")

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Might actually upload graph too, to save some time on a rebuild for potential answerers.

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**Author:** ![Nick\_Boyts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/nick_boyts/32/76313_2.png) [@Nick\_Boyts](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/Nick_Boyts)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/helix/12322/4 "2017-06-07T15:14:45Z")

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It should work with any profile so long as it’s normal to the curve’s plane.

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/b/7/b727fbf578e6afde7c32c6c6b0379ac1dc32043e.png)