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29 Jul 2024 14:17:26 EDT (-0400)
  Re: curved cylinders?  
From: Ken
Date: 3 Jan 1999 07:06:05
Message: <368F5CC7.209AC4C2@pacbell.net>
Alan Kong wrote:

> Joe (ppr### [at] turbontnet) said:
>
> >> Does anybody know of a method of making curved cylinders?
> >> It'd be very useful in furniture as well as other things -- thanks.
>
>   You can use Ron Parker's Superpatch unofficial build of POV-Ray, which
> incorporates Jochen Lippert's Sphere Sweeps patch. You can 'cap' the ends of
> the sweeps with cylinders to make the sweep appear as a continuously curved
> cylinder. Very useful for furniture.
>
> - Alan

But then again that patch is not supported in Moray so ...

--
Ken Tyler

tyl### [at] pacbellnet


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