How to wrap spiral tube around a sphere?

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Any ideas? I can model spiral tube but thats about it…

2

may be this video help you http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com/2010/06/shape-modeling-exercise-5-wrapping.html

3

Thanks for the hint. Almost but not quite. The tube ends up flat and strange shape with wrap modifier? Sorry about poor English.

4

try with a curve then use shrinkwrap modifier
then scale it a little larger and add a bevel curve to it !

that should work

happy 2.5