i came across this problem quite a few times before, so i decided to make a
macro which does this automaticly. It is finished (only 2D), but not ready
for publishing. This weekend i shall finish the 2D version, 3D version is a
bit more difficult.

Greetings,

JWV

"Dave" <DAn### [at] Genifycom> wrote in message
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> How would you POV-Ray gurus do a bent rebar.
>
> So for example a straight section, then a 90 degree smooth bend (with some
> bending radius), another straight section, another bend (for example a U
> with a flat bottom).
>
> I tries with a sphere-sweep and a cubic spline, but this does not give me
> the ability to specify the bend radius and I was unable to produce a
smooth
> shape. I really do not want to have to specify the bend points explicitly.
>
> I want to be able to specify the shape descriptively. For example, 0.5
> straight, 90 degree bend (downwards) with bend radius of 0.2, 1.0
straight,
> 90 degree bend (upwards) with bend radius of 0.3.
>
> Is there a way?
>
> Thanks,
>
> dave
>
>

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