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  Re: Is there an error with the conic-sweep prisms?  
From: Loial Raven (Stuart MeerKat)
Date: 7 Jul 1999 06:04:06
Message: <37832774.216FEDF9@yahoo.com>
OK, i think it's fixed... if anyone is interested in this include... er... i
guess i'll give it out... hehehe... just e-mail me :) it should be done in a
few days or less (:

Thanks once again :)
    the Loial Raven

P.S. the catanery still lies... anyone got a clue about how to solve that?

Stuart Meerkat wrote:

> I have a gear creation include file that i'm trying to make do bevel
> gears, the trouble is that when ever i make the points for a conic_sweep
> prism, they seem to be scaled to be slightly bigger(1.1?) in x/z... this
> trouble doesn't exist when i'm making a linear_sweep of the exact same
> values... is there some settings or an error that isn't documented? or
> does anyone have the scale factor?
>
> If there is alot of interest in this code, i might release it... but i'm
> not sure yet...
>
> also... has anybody made a rope include file that can make a sertain
> length of rope between two points that are not level?
> I have all the math, but can't seem to solve it...
> (anybody know how to solve n=sinh(z)/z for z?)
>
>      the Loial Raven, Matthew Peters


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