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  Re: How can I do an arrow?  
From: Hughes, B 
Date: 5 Aug 2004 16:51:31
Message: <41129dd3$1@news.povray.org>
"Florian Brucker" <tor### [at] torfboldcom> wrote in message
news:41129afc$1@news.povray.org...
>

>
> It would really help if you would give some more information about what
> you're trying to achieve. Do you want an arrow as a 3D-object,
> 2D-object, on a texture, how should it look, etc.

Good point (no pun intended, but take it anyhow. haha!), since an arrow
could also be done using a font in the text object, too. Many ways of going
about it. I chose to explain a simple CSG way, like you did.

> Now I can only guess, so here's one (propably the simplest) way to
> create a 3D arrow:
>
> union {
> cylinder { <-5,0,0>,<0,0,0>,1 }
> cone { <0,0,0>,2,<3,0,0>,0 }
> pigment { rgb<1,0,0> }
> }


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