POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : YATM : Re: YATM Server Time
1 Aug 2024 22:19:28 EDT (-0400)
  Re: YATM  
From: Kirk Andrews
Date: 6 Jun 2008 14:50:00
Message: <web.484985d0de6841fdb555cae70@news.povray.org>
> Yes. Keep a running note of the vector that you used to start the previous
> circular sweep. Then use the VPerp_Adjust function in math.inc to adjust it
> so that it is perpendicular to the direction of the spline for the next
> step. This avoids suddenly getting a vector that points in completely the
> opposite direction and should therefore avoid the irritating twisting
> effect.
>
> Regards,
> Chris B.

Ah!  Thank you.  Works great.  I didn't think to look in math.inc for more
vector functions.


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