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19 Nov 2024 07:21:32 EST (-0500)
  Re: spline length?  
From: Mark Wagner
Date: 5 Apr 2002 01:19:54
Message: <3cad420a@news.povray.org>
Barron Gillon wrote in message <3cacf454@news.povray.org>...
>Is there any built in way to find the exact length of a spline in POV 3.5?
>A linear spline would be easy enough, but with the curves it may be a bit
>more difficult...  Surely POV has some intrnal function to figure it out,
>but is there a way to find the length of a random spline at run-time?

POV-Ray doesn't know or care about the length of a spline.  In fact, I don't
know if it's even possible to calculate the exact length of a cubic or
natural spline.

--
Mark


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