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30 Jul 2024 06:31:32 EDT (-0400)
  Re: What is the equation for a helix?  
From: Chris Huff
Date: 18 Dec 1999 16:14:31
Message: <chrishuff_99-93D292.16150718121999@news.povray.org>
In article <385BF5FB.5C386956@isd.net>, lfo### [at] isdnet wrote:

> I wanted the actual function so I could modify it :-)

> Um, yes, it is a circular cross-section, but it's too flat. I want 
> something that's identical to a sphere_sweep. Do you know where I
> could find the function used by the built-in "helix1"?

It is probably somewhere in the source code, I will look it up later. As 
it is, you can modify the parameters to it.

> Also this creates some nasty black spots on the surface. Do you get them 
> as well?

I would guess that increasing max_gradient would help.

-- 
Chris Huff
e-mail: chr### [at] yahoocom
Web page: http://chrishuff.dhs.org/


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