In article <39c7af2d@news.povray.org>, "Wolfgang Manousek" 
<wol### [at] no_spamcom> wrote:

> no clue on my side ... how would I create a spiral in POV ... just doesn't
> map into any CSG object ...

1: Use a bunch of cylinders, spheres, torus segments, or combinations of 
these to approximate the shape of the spiral. Use a loop to place them 
automatically
2: Similar to the above, generate a bunch of triangles to approximate 
the object.
3: Use an include file or macro to do one of the above. There are 
several around.
4: Make the spiral out of a sphere_sweep object in MegaPOV.
5: Make an isosurface or parametric shape to do what you want.

I probably left a couple possibilities out...a more specific answer will 
require a more specific description of what you are trying to do.

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Christopher James Huff
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