POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Spiral wrapped around a sphere. How? : Re: Spiral wrapped around a sphere. How? Server Time
16 Aug 2024 12:26:41 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Spiral wrapped around a sphere. How?  
From: Shay
Date: 3 Feb 2002 18:53:40
Message: <3c5dcd84@news.povray.org>
This is probably the simplest way
Just start at the top
Put an object at <cos(pi/2)*radius, sin(pi/2)*radius, 0>
Incremently increase your angle from pi/2 to 3*pi/4
each time you place an object, rotate it a little bit around the y-axis

Hope this helps,
 -Shay


"Patrick Dugan" <pat### [at] netinsnet> wrote in message
news:3c5dcaf2@news.povray.org...
> I've posted information about this image in povray general.


Post a reply to this message

Copyright 2003-2023 Persistence of Vision Raytracer Pty. Ltd.