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5 Oct 2024 15:27:25 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Newbie needs help with first project  
From: Jim Charter
Date: 12 Oct 2009 14:42:11
Message: <4ad37883$1@news.povray.org>
Jovian Ghost wrote:

> So I started experimenting, trying to recreate the profile I want using a cubic
> spline, with no success. I seem to end up having kinks in the spline no matter
> what I try.
> 
As far as I know the ONYL way to do this (define a bezier spline) is 
with a set of early macros written by Chris Colefax and put into an 
include file called spline.inc

The macros are very powerful allowing you to use control points for each 
point on the sline.


Also as far as I know no one ever duplicated or modernized his work 
(which surprises me)

It resided on a geocities site and I note that there is an effort to 
preserve early POV contributions which resided there even as we speak. 
The thread is in p.general

I do have a copy of those (very useful) macros if you cannot get it any 
other way.


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