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I'm looking for a way to plot this parametric equation on cylindrical coordinates. 

r = e^t
theta = t+1
z = e^2t

Any help would be appreciated

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  • $\begingroup$ possible duplicate of Spherical parametric plot $\endgroup$ – Kuba♦ Mar 31 '15 at 18:38
  • $\begingroup$ Well, % /. "Spherical"->"Cylindrical". $\endgroup$ – Kuba♦ Mar 31 '15 at 18:42
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I created this function to convert from cylindrical to cartesian:

thing[r_, theta_, z_] := {r Cos[theta], r Sin[theta], z}

Then use ParametricPlot3D

ParametricPlot3D[thing[Exp[t], t + 1, Exp[2 t]], {t, 0, 1}]

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    $\begingroup$ your answer was what i was looking for, I have no problem plotting parametric equations on spherical coordinates but somehow this eluded me. Thanks you very much $\endgroup$ – user3196215 Apr 2 '15 at 23:08

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