joe wrote:
> As a machinist, when we make a part, we are often asked to "break" edges with a
> certain radius.  This makes edges somewhat smoother without altering the shape
> to a large degree.  Say if I made a 1" cube out of steel, each edge might have
> a .030 radius.  No longer sharp edges but yet still a 1" cube.  If I create a
> box in povray the edges are very sharp.  Can a radius be applied automatically
> to edges?  It is very tedious to create radius edges in code even for a simple
> shape.

I do this a lot with all of the modeling I've done, and I have some 
macros that make the easier shapes.  But at times I have had to do the 
nitty details as well to get the desired results.

I find that one of the best long-run time savers in this regard is to 
design the object in question so that the radius of the edge is defined 
in a variable that can be changed with one #declare statement, made 
before the actual object-building code.  It makes the modeling more 
tedious, but I usually want to change the radius at least once, so it's 
worth the extra trouble.

Regards,
John

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