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From: Mike Horvath
Date: 16 Feb 2015 00:27:18
Message: <54e17fb6$1@news.povray.org>

On 2/15/2015 12:26 PM, Christian Froeschlin wrote:
> 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.
>

I'd rather not. The shape is going to be large, prominent and reflective 
in my scene, so I want it to look right.

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