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31 Jul 2024 18:25:46 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Tubes from Cartesian Coordinates  
From: Andycadd
Date: 12 Nov 2006 12:20:00
Message: <web.45575790ba30640cfedbe4b90@news.povray.org>
"Eric Brown" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> I wish to make a "tube" which follows along a set of cartesian coordinates
> which I input:
>
> {x1,y1,z1},
> {x2,y2,z1},
> ....
> {xN,yN,zN}
>
> and the tube radius.
>
> In general, the "tube" does not obey a quadratic polynomial, but it could
> easily be represented by a cubic-spline.  I though about making a bunch of
> cylinders, but this might introduce texture that shows the granularity of
> my step size.
>
> Does anyone have a solution?
>
> Thanks!
> Eric

do you want the segments to "spline" curve or can they be straight?

are the inputs in a file to start with?


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