POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Spiral tube? : Re: Spiral tube? Server Time
2 Jun 2024 13:02:30 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Spiral tube?  
From: clipka
Date: 8 Jan 2016 17:50:43
Message: <56903d43$1@news.povray.org>
Am 08.01.2016 um 22:11 schrieb Mike Horvath:
> On 1/8/2016 4:07 PM, clipka wrote:
>> Am 08.01.2016 um 21:12 schrieb Mike Horvath:
>>
>>> The problem is that the isosurface is clipped within a box. This means
>>> the edges of the cut are not perpendicular to the curve. It looks bad.
>>
>> Make the isosurface container a bit larger, and use difference to cut
>> away the ends.
>>
> 
> I will still need to calculate the tangent of the curve at the cutoff
> points. This may be more trouble than it's worth.

If it's a simple helix, the corresponding formula should be easy to come
up with.


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