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From: Tor Olav Kristensen
Date: 28 Apr 2000 20:40:44
Message: <390A2FC0.338AB835@hotmail.com>
Ken wrote:
> 
> Tor Olav Kristensen wrote:
> > ...How are we supposed to model such cigar shapes then?
> 
> A lathe can do it with ease and can also be used in CSG operations.

Thank you. I did not think of that.

(But it would still be nice to have a basic shape like
this one. Because then I wouldn't have to calculate 
the co ordinates for the appropriate quadratic_spline or
cubic_spline.)

Btw.: Will such a lathe render slower than my "cigar" shape ?

Tor Olav
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