"Anthony D. Baye" <Sha### [at] spamnomorehotmailcom> wrote:
> I've been working on an object for a WIP, and I originally wanted to model it as
> an isosurface.  I have thought of two different ways of describing the surface
> unfortunately, one is far from precise and the other doesn't seem to translate
> well when I make the calculations into functions.
>
> #version 3.7;
> #include "math.inc"
>
> #default {
>     pigment { rgb <0.07,0.37,0.75> }
>     finish { ambient 0 }
>     }
>
> #local N = 6;
> #local R0 = 2;
> #local S = 2 * pow( sin(pi/(2*N)), 2 );
> #local A = R0 - S;
> #local r = 360 / P;
> #local l = 90 - r/2;
> #local dS = 0.0625;      // S = RT --> T = S/R  tf. dT = dS/R
> #for(H,-2,2,0.03125)
>     #for(T,0,360,1)

this should be #for(T,0,360,degrees(dS/R))

that's what I get for typing it from memory while I'm tired.

Regards,
A.D.B.

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