# Phone cable

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/phone-cable/18706>\
**Category:** Share your creations\
**Created:** [April 11, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/phone-cable/18706 "2022-04-11T12:11:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![welshsteve](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/welshsteve/32/16111_2.png) [@welshsteve](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/welshsteve)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/phone-cable/18706/8 "2022-04-11T21:04:46Z")

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I created it manually.

First I revolved a small circle to create a basic coil.

 ![Screenshot 2022-04-11 at 22.05.36](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/2/2383bcc557dda67673bce3f9030b15e1fd9694b7.jpeg)

 ![Screenshot 2022-04-11 at 22.06.26](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/6/6eeb4fb811d9c5e788899fec771a42572d6c2c38.jpeg)

Then I split the coil along its length using the ‘split body’ tool. This created individual loops not dissimilar to individual links in a chain.

 ![Screenshot 2022-04-11 at 22.07.52](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/f/f86c40e4574c001adaf706a0e6232122062ceee7.jpeg)

Then I simply detached a loop…

 ![Screenshot 2022-04-11 at 22.12.12](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/8/80d653c0c2a838f2b5712c0fed1e49b82f710fee.jpeg)

… then re-attached it by using the align too and rotated the loop by a specified angle.

 ![Screenshot 2022-04-11 at 22.12.50](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/2/271e927215ff6ce35f90c25b3688bb2354c22733.jpeg)

 ![Screenshot 2022-04-11 at 22.13.05](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/2X/d/d0abbd3e2d3d2cdfcf90fd1bf7fb96cd313a83b1.jpeg)

Then I continued to do this for each loop to form a nice bend.

Using random rotation angles would give a more messy (and more authentic) looking coiled cable.

I used the align too because it immediately brings up the rotation option with the axis through the face (which is less tedious than selecting the rotation tool which would require repositioning the axis point manually each time).

Hope this was helpful 😄

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