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  Re: i have an idea for a picture, some questions  
From: stephen parkinson
Date: 17 Apr 2004 04:46:04
Message: <4080eecc$1@news.povray.org>
Tim McMurdo wrote:
> stephen parkinson <ste### [at] zmemw16demoncouk> wrote:
> 
>>problem - i have plans for the objects including cross-sections at
>>positions with length.
>>
>>similar to the plans for a sail boat, profiling the ships hull,
>>
>>now i'm fairly sure, i can digitse the cross-sections giving me the
>>start of mesh.
> 
> 
> Steven,
> 
> I used Hamapatch to create the Brig's hull. I took the measurements off the
> plans & entered them as coordinates for the patches.
> 
> For the ships boats, I am trying a new method. I scanned the plans in and
> imported them into the background for Lightwave. I then build the frames
> for the boats right on top of the plans in a seperate layer.
> 
> Not sure that will help.
> 
> Tim
> 

looks like archelogical(sp?) dig time - where's vmware gone - long long 
time ago.
was hoping not to have to.


would each cross-section have to have the same no of points digitised ?

stephen


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