> Hi(gh)!
>
> With my current house project ("Port Whatmough Residential Area") I
> encountered some strange artifacts when I tried to join two segments of
> a roof railing (a straight and a curved one) with a sphere.
>

> having a radius of 3.5 units; as the railing generally is spaced 0.1
> units inwards from the roof's eged, the curved segment's (technically a
> section of a torus) radius is 3.6 units, therefore it's angular size is

>
> Although I've taken the resulting difference in the x direction (which
> calculates as cos(atan(0.1/3.6))*3.6) relative to the eastern end of the
> straight section into account, the spherical cornerpiece still does not
> fit seamlessly.

I think that should be:

     cos(asin(0.1/3.6))*3.6
   = sqrt(sqr(3.6)-sqr(0.1))

In addition, are you sure you cut the cylinder and torus properly?

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