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From: Eitan Tal
Subject: Re: Spirals
Date: 24 Sep 1999 17:29:43
Message: <37EBECEF.EBB47672@netvision.net.il>
tell me more about smartly blobs and sphere_sweep object.
I never heard of them. I have an old version of povray

Margus Ramst wrote:

> There is no spiral object in POV, so you have to place objects (or points)
> 'smartly'. A blob or many spheres would do the trick in official POV. The
> Superpatch has the sphere_sweep object which is ideally suited for spirals.
> Calculating the points for a straight spiral is easy; bent spirals are something
> I'll leave to others.
>
> Margus
>
> AC wrote:
> >
> > I wonder how to make spirals in povray.......
> > I have seen some examples of it in pictures but I wonder how it is done if
> > it is spirals
> > is it bending the objects or is it a nuber of objects placed very smartly?


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