A variation on the flat little red tea-cosy thing I posted a few days ago.
This time in the Z dimension as well.

Comments / criticism / suggestions welcome. 
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Stefan Viljoen
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Polar Design Solutions

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Stefan,
What can I say? Transmogrified!
I really like the rhythm and colour of those opalescent pearls.
Next thing we'll have perlemoen!
DLM


"Stefan Viljoen polard.com>" <sviljoen@<removethis> wrote in message 
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>A variation on the flat little red tea-cosy thing I posted a few days ago.
> This time in the Z dimension as well.
>
> Comments / criticism / suggestions welcome.
> -- 
> Stefan Viljoen
> Software Support Technician / Programmer
> Polar Design Solutions

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dlm spake:

> Stefan,
> What can I say? Transmogrified!
> I really like the rhythm and colour of those opalescent pearls.
> Next thing we'll have perlemoen!
> DLM

Sure, Meneer DLM!

Thanks for the pointers you gave me - the whole base idea for the image was
something that popped up into that empty void between my ears when I looked
at the modified code you sent me. I've made something else that more
directly implements your cylinders-between-points idea that is rendering
currently - I will soon post it and one other image that is derived from
the code you sent me.

Thanks for taking the time to look,

Lekker bly!
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Stefan Viljoen
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Polar Design Solutions

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Stefan,

The attached spiro.pov is a slightly later version of the previous with 
macro-ized xy coordinate handling.
More to the point, I realized that hooking cylinders together gets messy at 
the edges especially when they're fat. The smart fix was to have cylinders 
and spheres with a sphere at the end (and beginning) of the chain of 
cylinders. This produces a seamlessly articulated chain. Perhaps I'm just 
too dumb/lazy to figure out how to build a really long and convoluted 
spline. Anyway the psychedelic doily seems to work fine except for what 
looks like an occasional math glitch. And the problem of counting the 
appropriate number of revolutions to complete the circuit.

DLM



"Stefan Viljoen polard.com>" <sviljoen@<removethis> wrote in message 
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> dlm spake:
>
>> Stefan,
>> What can I say? Transmogrified!
>> I really like the rhythm and colour of those opalescent pearls.
>> Next thing we'll have perlemoen!
>> DLM
>
> Sure, Meneer DLM!
>
> Thanks for the pointers you gave me - the whole base idea for the image 
> was
> something that popped up into that empty void between my ears when I 
> looked
> at the modified code you sent me. I've made something else that more
> directly implements your cylinders-between-points idea that is rendering
> currently - I will soon post it and one other image that is derived from
> the code you sent me.
>
> Thanks for taking the time to look,
>
> Lekker bly!
> -- 
> Stefan Viljoen
> Software Support Technician / Programmer
> Polar Design Solutions

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dlm spake:

> Stefan,
> 
> The attached spiro.pov is a slightly later version of the previous with
> macro-ized xy coordinate handling.
> More to the point, I realized that hooking cylinders together gets messy

Thanks - new eye of newt for my bubbling pot of spirographs...

That looks a lot like a dreamcatcher!

So many spirographs and so little processor time...

Kind regards,
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Stefan Viljoen
Software Support Technician / Programmer
Polar Design Solutions

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Awww.... that's preeeeeety :-)

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Emerald Orchid spake:

> Awww.... that's preeeeeety :-)

Thanks!
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Stefan Viljoen
Software Support Technician / Programmer
Polar Design Solutions

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Stefan Viljoen <sviljoen@<removethis>polard.com> wrote:
> Emerald Orchid spake:
>
> > Awww.... that's preeeeeety :-)
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Stefan Viljoen
> Software Support Technician / Programmer
> Polar Design Solutions

Cool Idea!  I had one of those little collection of cogs as a child.  I
would like to see it wrapped around a sphere.

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Lonnie spake:

> Stefan Viljoen <sviljoen@<removethis>polard.com> wrote:
>> Emerald Orchid spake:
>>
>> > Awww.... that's preeeeeety :-)
>>
>> Thanks!
>> --
>> Stefan Viljoen
>> Software Support Technician / Programmer
>> Polar Design Solutions
> 
> Cool Idea!  I had one of those little collection of cogs as a child.  I
> would like to see it wrapped around a sphere.

Have you got an idea of how to implement it? Mail me at
spamnot@<removethis>polard.com and I'll send you the code. (I've got no
idea how to make it wrap a sphere).

Regards,
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Stefan Viljoen
Software Support Technician / Programmer
Polar Design Solutions

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