Isn't it obvious? Look at the lower-right object. Voila! A slinkie! :-)

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//Mahalis
camera{location<0,0.25,-2> look_at 0.5*y} #declare T=texture{pigment{crackle
scale 0.5 rotate 90 turbulence 0.75 color_map{[0 rgb 1][0.05 rgb 1][0.1
rgb<1,0.25,1>][0.25 rgbf 1][1 rgbf 1]}} finish{ambient 1}} #declare
c=difference{torus{0.5,0.1 rotate -90*x}box{<0.7,0,0.2>,<-0.7,-0.7,-0.2>}}
merge{object{c translate<0.5,0.5,0>} object{c translate<-0.5,0.5,0>}
cylinder{<1,0.5,0>,<1,0,0>,0.1} cylinder{<-1,0.5,0>,<-1,0,0>,0.1}
cylinder{0.5*y,0,0.1} texture{T}}
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"Dan Johnson" <zap### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
news:3BDCA7B1.128CA9B3@hotmail.com...
> "F.Audet" wrote:
> >
> >    Here is the final version of the #macro I did last
> > week;  the smoother keyword is now working properly;
> > it fact,  it works very well,  and it allows to smooth the
> > wavy curves... One can adjust the number of waves
> > from 2 to "a very large number of waves".
> > Not very usefull,  but worth the effort !
> > A lot of different Pov trig calculations inside
> > this macro;  if some of you are interested,  i will
> > post the code...
> >
> > Alex P
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> I'm curious how you did it, but I can't think of where I would use it.
>
> --
> Dan Johnson
>
> http://www.geocities.com/zapob

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