POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.advanced-users : the twist : Re: the twist Server Time
4 Oct 2024 17:07:16 EDT (-0400)
  Re: the twist  
From: Samuel Benge
Date: 17 Sep 2007 12:16:59
Message: <46eea87b@news.povray.org>
Mike Williams wrote:
> I had the same problem with SweepSpline.inc and never did find a general
> solution. In most cases either SweepSpline.inc or SweepSplineV2.inc will
> produce a twistless rendering, but there's no guarantee.
> 
> In your particular case, SweepSplineV2 produces a better result.
> 
> SweepSpline, and Ingo Janssen's makemesh.inc (which it uses) are in this
> zip file:

Thanks Mike! Looks like there's a bonus in there. I didn't know you 
could wrap a function around a spline like that!

How come, after searching and searching for a mesh-based sphere_sweep, I 
never found these files? Oh well :) It has been fun making my own 
version. Plus, if I want to implement something extra into it, I can.

Sam


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