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24 Apr 2024 02:13:42 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Curved prism  
From: kurtz le pirate
Date: 9 Sep 2019 13:03:59
Message: <5d7685ff$1@news.povray.org>
On 09/09/2019 05:11, Kima wrote:
> I wonder if there is a way to create a curved prim (not the edges, but its
> surface).
> 
> Since prism already has an option of conic_sweep, the same principle may create
> a curvature on its surface.
> 
> In conic_sweep, the size of prism decreases linearly in the y-axis. Instead of a
> linear decrease, can we shrink the prism along the y-axis to form a semi-sphere
> instead of a sharp cone (of conic_sweep)?

A long time ago, Chris Colefax made macro for that. To download, there 
is this link on an archive: <http://www.oocities.org/ccolefax/bend.html>


-- 
Kurtz le pirate
Compagnie de la Banquise


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