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4 Aug 2024 02:15:21 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Help Creating parabolic mirrors  
From: Wolfgang Wieser
Date: 10 Aug 2003 13:26:21
Message: <3f36803d@news.povray.org>
sascha wrote:

> You can create paraboloids using the quadric object.
> Here's a mirror as it is used in a Newton reflector-telescope:
> 
Wouldn't it be easier to use a lathe with _quadratic_
spline for the parabolic mirror? 

Wolfgang


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