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  Re: Can this be done? :) sor-lathe type question  
From: Tor Olav Kristensen
Date: 11 Sep 2000 21:42:33
Message: <39BD88B9.A8295B7D@online.no>
Todd Taylor wrote:

> ... What I have done so far is to use the prism and revolve it.
> What I have to ask now is this:  Is there a way to use 80 of
> these and union them together (so there are no artifacts
> - I want it to look like a smooth surface like an sor object).
> ...

I'm wondering what you mean by this.

Does your bowl like object look anything like
the vase I just posted to povray.binaries.images ?

news://news.povray.org/39BD872A.9D0EE76%40online.no

In that image I have used 5 lathes segments to join
the 5 prism parts smoothly.
(A macro takes care of all the needed calculations.)


Tor Olav
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