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2 Jun 2024 13:52:04 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Spiral tube?  
From: Mike Horvath
Date: 8 Jan 2016 16:02:14
Message: <569023d6$1@news.povray.org>
On 1/8/2016 1:24 PM, Mike Horvath wrote:
> On 1/6/2016 12:48 AM, 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!
>>
>>
>> Mike
>
> I found this parametric function online:
>
> http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/461547/whats-the-equation-of-helix-surface
>
>
> 1. How do I turn this into POV-Ray code?
> 2. Can I fill this shape with a gas that is denser in the middle of the
> tube and less dense at the tube's surface?
>
>
> Mike


The docs say that parametric objects are hollow. Can they have interiors?


Mike


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