Simple method for bent spiral "telephone" cable

[AlW]

Here’s a thread from 2014 that is related:

Need optimization for very heavy (shower)hose

We came across this a couple of times also in older posts, but those were primarily focused on getting the shape rendered. Now we are back in using the hose a bit more, and needing different shapes, but keep running into the fact that is extremely heavy. I uploaded the file so those who might have any ideas could take a look, both the two curves used to make it and the results I’ve gotten are in there. http://speedy.sh/UhcvV/Hose-Problem.rar I hope anyone has got a good idea how to get a sha…