> I had to construct simple triangular slab. I was surprised to see no
> direct way of doing this.  I used CSG difference and chopped corners off
> a square. I could have used spline. Is there any advantage either way?
> Assuming I'm not bevelling etc.

i would have used a height field, that way you can bevel by smoothing the
edges of the hf file, but tahts just me :)


> Another model required a helix (coil). I could not figure out a way to
> do this in Moray. I used a separate prog (helixr) and imported. Did I
> miss something?

nope, there is a moray plugin for splin objects, but the seperate app you
mention does the job fine (what i use for such things anyhow)


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