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> > Would a visual tool that created 2D splines for use in lathes, sors,
> prisms
> > be helpful? I am in the progress of playing around with such a tool,
> written
> > in VB, but am not sure if there would be much interest besides my own
> sense
> > of accomplishment.
>
> That'd be awesome. I'm use to dealing with bezier curves in PS. If it
could
> speed up the process of making them!

Why don't you try spatch or hamapatch (
http://www.geocities.com/hamapatch )?. They export bicubic patches directly
to povray.
Also you can try transational sweep in Moray, that's the way I managed to
make the clock I have in my site (in the objects section).
Bye
--
Txemi Jendrix
tji### [at] euskalnetnet
http://www.geocities.com/txemijendrix

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For the hands. I would suggest plotting several splines to form an
interesting hand shape and then using sphere_sweep to draw the hand.
sphere_sweep is best suited to this purpose, but you can use cylinders or my
cheap_sweep when possible to speed up render time. Anyway, after you have a
nice curvy hand shape, flatten it and you've got your hand.

For the broken glass. I would use trace against a semi-circle to make
several mesh pieces that will fit together like a puzzle to form your
crystal. You can then manipulate the pieces however you wish.

 -Shay

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