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11 Aug 2024 09:18:03 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Torus pattern suggestion  
From: PoD
Date: 16 Sep 1999 16:57:24
Message: <37E15AC5.5AE1BC1B@merlin.net.au>
Larry Fontaine wrote:
> 
> Suggestion for the next version of POV:
> A torus pattern, like the sphere one, but a torus...
> Would be major radius 1, along the X-Y or X-Z plane, with the value
> gradually dropping off from 1 at minor-radius 0 to 0 at minor-radius 1.

I have posted a patch for both the official source and the super-patch
which does exactly this.
And yes it does excelent smoke rings.

Cheers, PoD.


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