Chris Huff <chr### [at] yahoocom> wrote in message news:chrishuff_99-

> In article <3856a988@news.povray.org>, "Jon S. Berndt" <jsb### [at] hal-pcorg>
>
> > I would like to define a curve which I can sweep out around the y-axis,
> > almost like a lathe object. However, I'd also like to change the curve
at
> > various angles about the Y-axis. I don't believe this capability
currently
> > exists. Might this be a future capability, or does a patch add this?

>
> Hmm, using a 3d spline(with angle for the 3rd dimension) to control the
> points of the spline-interesting idea. I think it might be very
> difficult to write this as a patch, though.
> However, it would be possible to write a macro to generate a mesh, using
> one of the spline patches would make that a lot easier.

For now, I will probably create the surface in either smooth_triangle
sections, or a conglomeration of panels, or something...

I'm still thinking about it.

Jon

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