POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : meniscus : Re: meniscus Server Time
30 Jul 2024 12:27:55 EDT (-0400)
  Re: meniscus  
From: Warp
Date: 11 May 2004 09:12:11
Message: <40a0d12b@news.povray.org>
Daniel Hulme <pov### [at] doublezerouklinuxnet> wrote:
> So, is there some way to get PoV to evaluate the
> Bezier cubic at the desired height and use this to place the torus;

  Not AFAIK, but you can use trace() to get the location of the surface
of the lathe at a certain height and use that.

> even
> better, is there an easier way to do the meniscus?

  Probably not (at least not with POV-Ray SDL).

-- 
#macro N(D)#if(D>99)cylinder{M()#local D=div(D,104);M().5,2pigment{rgb M()}}
N(D)#end#end#macro M()<mod(D,13)-6mod(div(D,13)8)-3,10>#end blob{
N(11117333955)N(4254934330)N(3900569407)N(7382340)N(3358)N(970)}//  - Warp -


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