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From: stbenge
Subject: t_coil
Date: 16 Jul 2010 01:28:42
Message: <4c3fee0a@news.povray.org>
Hi,

I've created a macro which builds a helix from sections of tori. By 
specifying the end points, the major and minor radii and number of 
turns, it will spit out a coil. Bug-free or your money back.

You can check it out here:
http://news.povray.org/povray.text.scene-files/thread/%3C4c3feb59%40news.povray.org%3E/

Sam


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From: Paolo Gibellini
Subject: Re: t_coil
Date: 16 Jul 2010 03:57:42
Message: <4c4010f6$1@news.povray.org>
>stbenge  on date 16/07/2010 07:27 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've created a macro which builds a helix from sections of tori. By
> specifying the end points, the major and minor radii and number of
> turns, it will spit out a coil. Bug-free or your money back.
>
> You can check it out here:
>
http://news.povray.org/povray.text.scene-files/thread/%3C4c3feb59%40news.povray.org%3E/
>
>
> Sam
Interesting, as usual.
;-)
Paolo


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From: stbenge
Subject: Re: t_coil
Date: 16 Jul 2010 13:40:53
Message: <4c4099a5@news.povray.org>
Paolo Gibellini wrote:
>  >stbenge  on date 16/07/2010 07:27 wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've created a macro which builds a helix from sections of tori. By
>> specifying the end points, the major and minor radii and number of
>> turns, it will spit out a coil. Bug-free or your money back.
>>
>> You can check it out here:
>>
http://news.povray.org/povray.text.scene-files/thread/%3C4c3feb59%40news.povray.org%3E/

>>
>> Sam
> Interesting, as usual.
> ;-)

Yeah, hopefully somebody will find a use for it. A helix made of tori 
seems easy, but it was harder to code than I had initially suspected. I 
don't actually need a helix for my current project, not that I know of 
anyway. My next macro won't be so easy. It has the potential of becoming 
a coding nightmare :( After it's done (if I finish it), I can finally 
resume work on the scene that spawned these distractions ;)


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From: Dave Blandston
Subject: Re: t_coil
Date: 18 Jul 2010 20:45:00
Message: <web.4c439fb023fcb261966554e20@news.povray.org>
Thanks - this could be very useful!

Regards,
Dave Blandston


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From: stbenge
Subject: Re: t_coil
Date: 19 Jul 2010 14:21:26
Message: <4c4497a6@news.povray.org>
Dave Blandston wrote:
> Thanks - this could be very useful!

Sure. I'd like to know about any bugs, if you should happen to find any.


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