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  Re: Infinate cylinders  
From: ouroborus
Date: 24 Jul 1999 20:28:26
Message: <379A5A7D.B479CB61@hotmail.com>
our### [at] hotmailcom wrote:
> 
> "shapes.inc" defines a cylinder of infinite length that runs along the
> X axis as:
> 
> #declare Cylinder_X =
>  quadric
>   {<0, 1, 1>,
>    <0, 0, 0>,
>    <0, 0, 0>, -1
>   }
> 
> Is there some similar way to generate an infinite 2D array of these
> cylinders along with some way to either control their spacing or
> diameter?

While a #while loop would do a good job of simulating such an array, I
was hoping for a poly, cubic, quartic or quadric that would produce such
a shape (an infinate 2D array of infinately long cylinders).


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