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From: Christian Froeschlin
Date: 15 Feb 2015 12:26:35
Message: <54e0d6cb$1@news.povray.org>

On 15.02.2015 4:11, Mike Horvath wrote:

> Sorry, "caternaroid" is not the name of the shape I'm looking for. Does
> anyone know how to create a formula for a shape similar to a paraboloid
> but with a catenary cross-section? Thanks.

If you're ok to approximate with a spline you could create
an "sor" object from a catenary.

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