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29 Jul 2024 22:27:23 EDT (-0400)
  Re: trying to create a neon sign  
From: kurtz le pirate
Date: 17 Feb 2005 10:23:21
Message: <4214b6e9$1@news.povray.org>

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> Axel R DuVirage <axe### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> > any ideas how to create a neon sign using maybe a hollow cylinder filled
> > with emitting merdia.  the problem is how do you "bend" the tube
(cylinder)
> > without resorting to complicated mathematical functions...i know i'm
lazy.
>
>   Sounds exactly what sphere sweeps are for... :)

    yes, spheres sweeps or (depends final forms) parts of torus...


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