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13 Aug 2024 07:26:05 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Conical Flask Geometry  
From: Alan Walkington
Date: 26 Apr 2003 04:34:15
Message: <3eaa4487@news.povray.org>
"Physics Dude" <dav### [at] faricynet> wrote in message
news:3EA### [at] faricynet...
> Alan Walkington wrote:
>
> > From povray.newusers:
> >
> > The question was asked about adding a smoothly rounded base to a conical
> > flask.
> > To me, the problem seemed quite complicated.  But after I drew it out,
it
> > simplified itself quickly.
>
> I'm just kind of lurking and perusing p.b.i so I'm not sure what you've
> put together, but some time ago I wrote a macro to make rounded cones.


Probably the same thing as you did.  The OP was complaining about being
unable to get a smooth transition to the rounded base, and  I just showed
how to compute the  the cone description so that it was tangent to the torus
providing the shoulder/

Alan


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