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29 Jul 2024 14:16:54 EDT (-0400)
  Re: curved cylinders?  
From: Alan Kong
Date: 3 Jan 1999 06:45:47
Message: <368F586A.9852FE0D@compuserveNO-SPAM.com>
Joe (ppr### [at] turbontnet) said:

>> Does anybody know of a method of making curved cylinders?
>> It'd be very useful in furniture as well as other things -- thanks.

  You can use Ron Parker's Superpatch unofficial build of POV-Ray, which
incorporates Jochen Lippert's Sphere Sweeps patch. You can 'cap' the ends of
the sweeps with cylinders to make the sweep appear as a continuously curved
cylinder. Very useful for furniture.

- Alan
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