Blender : Modeling a braid in two ways

For the second method: I deleted the second point, because we need equally spaced normals. That’s why i duplicate the remaining first point and connect the three with f. The commands for the angles of the points are as follows: first and third point: R,Z,45,enter,R,X,45,enter second point: R,Z,-45,enter,R,X,-45,enter