Alexander, many thanks. It is almost exactly what i'm looking for. Strange that i didn't check this deformer before, i've been there. The only challange that remains is twisting the bunch of cables that are already twisted. This is what i did: - twist a pair of cables - duplicate 3 times (resulting 4 twisted pairs) - group all 4 pairs and apply another twist on them It still works but some unwanted deformation occurs, i suppose as a result of those convoluted twists. I also tried this with history deleted but the object gets distorted all the same. So this method basically works but i still need to twist all 4 pairs around each other. Again, thanks for your help.