fill_spiral.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

from pylab import *

theta = arange(0,8*pi,0.1)
a=1
b=.2

for dt in arange(0,2*pi,pi/2.0):

     x = a*cos( theta+dt )*exp(b*theta)
     y = a*sin( theta+dt )*exp(b*theta)

     dt = dt+pi/4.0

     x2 = a*cos( theta+dt )*exp(b*theta)
     y2 = a*sin( theta+dt )*exp(b*theta)

     xf = concatenate( (x,x2[::-1]) )
     yf = concatenate( (y,y2[::-1]) )

     p1=fill(xf,yf)

show()