"Stephen" <mcavoysATaolDOTcom@> wrote in message 
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> On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:02:22 +0930, "Data Banks"
> <da_### [at] ihugcomau> wrote:
>
>>I take it that's what you were aiming for, then? (I haven't had a chance 
>>to
>>read every post on the server yet)
>>
> No I was illustrating an alternative method of showing a clock type
> object. The original thread is in p.g (povray.general) called "Slice
> in a Sphere". For a radar sweep you would need to narrow the opaque
> section of the colour map and maybe change the colour to filter = 1.
> As you would want the targets to be highlighted when the beam passes
> over them.

Ah. Well, it would also make a good radar screen :) One of those "Hey, it 
does something else, too!" results :)

> There are an awful lot of posts going back a long time.
>
Yep, even some way back when I first played with with beziers exported from 
Moray many years ago. And then sadly ran out of time to do much more :(

> Regards
> Stephen

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