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17 May 2024 03:29:48 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Spiral tube?  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 6 Jan 2016 03:11:21
Message: <568ccc29$1@news.povray.org>
On 6-1-2016 6:48, Mike Horvath wrote:
> How do I create a spiral tube, like a spring? Like this:
>
> http://www.f-lohmueller.de/pov_tut/animate/anim16e.htm
>
> but a single object, not a union of spheres?
>
> Thanks!
>
In a modeller, this is pretty easy, for instance building a spiral line 
segment (aka a spline) and an appropriate surface to follow it. However, 
that may not be what you want.

-- 
Thomas


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