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  Re: A Simple Lamp Shade ?  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 27 Apr 1999 10:37:38
Message: <3725bda2.0@news.povray.org>
On Tue, 27 Apr 1999 03:52:13 -0700, Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
>   Attempting tonight to make a simple lamp shade I failed miserably.
>I'm trying to create a lamp shade of the type seen commonly in household
>settings. It is cone shaped but has a sine wave pleating as it's suface
>feature. I have been able to achieve a sine wave surface through various
>means but alas these where all in a flat pattern. Revloving around a
>conical circle is not as simple as it sounds and I would appreciate any
>tips you may have.

Go get my Jan/Feb IRTC Stills entry (borrow.zip) and make suitable 
modifications to the bottle cap object.  It's a bunch of patch objects, 
so you get the added advantage of double illumination for your lampshade.


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