Hi,

I was wondering what shape I could use to create a shape similar to a large
tilde (the ~ on the keyboard) or multiple ones conjoined on my trace? Any
suggestions?

Thanks very much for any thoughts.

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In article <web.3fb84f44252431cab776d6580@news.povray.org>,
 "cg-hci_novice" <nomail@nomail> wrote:

> I was wondering what shape I could use to create a shape similar to a large
> tilde (the ~ on the keyboard) or multiple ones conjoined on my trace? Any
> suggestions?

You need to be more specific. If you just want an extrusion of that 
shape, try a text object with the string "~" or a prism object. If you 
want a round tube with two opposing bends, there are many ways to do it. 
You could use a union of torus sections, an isosurface, or a sphere 
sweep.

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Christopher James Huff <cja### [at] earthlinknet>
http://home.earthlink.net/~cjameshuff/
POV-Ray TAG: chr### [at] tagpovrayorg
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Christopher James Huff wrote:
>In article <web.3fb84f44252431cab776d6580[at]news.povray.org>,
> "cg-hci_novice" <nomail[at]nomail> wrote:
>
>> I was wondering what shape I could use to create a shape similar to a large
>> tilde (the ~ on the keyboard) or multiple ones conjoined on my trace? Any
>> suggestions?
>
>You need to be more specific. If you just want an extrusion of that
>shape, try a text object with the string "~" or a prism object. If you
>want a round tube with two opposing bends, there are many ways to do it.
>You could use a union of torus sections, an isosurface, or a sphere
>sweep.
>
>Christopher James Huff <cja### [at] earthlinknet>
>http://home.earthlink.net/~cjameshuff/
>POV-Ray TAG: chr### [at] tagpovrayorg
>http://tag.povray.org/
>

Thanks for the suggestions. I will look into them.

No, not looking for the actual text. Yeah, I guess I just wanted to try
creating something like a ~ and go from there depending on how it looked
compared to the rest of the scene...it would be fairly small, though, and
there would be multiple of these so, would one of the 3 methods you
mentioned be easier than another? I do not want to put it over any other
object (if that clarifies).

Thanks very much.

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cg-hci_novice wrote:
>Christopher James Huff wrote:
>>In article <web.3fb84f44252431cab776d6580[at]news.povray.org>,
>> "cg-hci_novice" <nomail[at]nomail> wrote:
>>
>>> I was wondering what shape I could use to create a shape similar to a large
>>> tilde (the ~ on the keyboard) or multiple ones conjoined on my trace? Any
>>> suggestions?
>>
>>You need to be more specific. If you just want an extrusion of that
>>shape, try a text object with the string "~" or a prism object. If you
>>want a round tube with two opposing bends, there are many ways to do it.
>>You could use a union of torus sections, an isosurface, or a sphere
>>sweep.
>>
>>Christopher James Huff <cja### [at] earthlinknet>
>>http://home.earthlink.net/~cjameshuff/
>>POV-Ray TAG: chr### [at] tagpovrayorg
>>http://tag.povray.org/
>>
>
>Thanks for the suggestions. I will look into them.
>
>No, not looking for the actual text. Yeah, I guess I just wanted to try
>creating something like a ~ and go from there depending on how it looked
>compared to the rest of the scene...it would be fairly small, though, and
>there would be multiple of these so, would one of the 3 methods you
>mentioned be easier than another? I do not want to put it over any other
>object (if that clarifies).
>
>Thanks very much.
>
Actually, I just tried the text and this looks like it may work for my
purpose although I'm not really writing text. Sorry about my confusion. I
just wasn't sure what to expect since I'm not really using it as text.

Thanks again.

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Wasn't it cg-hci_novice who wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I was wondering what shape I could use to create a shape similar to a large
>tilde (the ~ on the keyboard) or multiple ones conjoined on my trace? Any
>suggestions?
>
>Thanks very much for any thoughts.

It's hard to guess exactly what you're looking for. Perhaps something
like this. It's not "similar to a large tilde", it actually is a large
tilde.

text {ttf "timrom.ttf","~",0.2,0
  pigment {rgb 1}
  scale 10
  translate <-2,-4,0>   
}

-- 
Mike Williams
Gentleman of Leisure

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Mike Williams wrote:
>Wasn't it cg-hci_novice who wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>I was wondering what shape I could use to create a shape similar to a large
>>tilde (the ~ on the keyboard) or multiple ones conjoined on my trace? Any
>>suggestions?
>>
>>Thanks very much for any thoughts.
>
>It's hard to guess exactly what you're looking for. Perhaps something
>like this. It's not "similar to a large tilde", it actually is a large
>tilde.
>
>text {ttf "timrom.ttf","~",0.2,0
>  pigment {rgb 1}
>  scale 10
>  translate <-2,-4,0>
>}
>
>Mike Williams
>Gentleman of Leisure
>

Yes, I believe the text will work out for me after all. Please pardon my
lack of familiarity with what to expect from various POV-ray capabilities.

Thanks.

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incognito wrote:
>Mike Williams wrote:
>>Wasn't it cg-hci_novice who wrote:
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I was wondering what shape I could use to create a shape similar to a large
>>>tilde (the ~ on the keyboard) or multiple ones conjoined on my trace? Any
>>>suggestions?
>>>
>>>Thanks very much for any thoughts.
>>
>>It's hard to guess exactly what you're looking for. Perhaps something
>>like this. It's not "similar to a large tilde", it actually is a large
>>tilde.
>>
>>text {ttf "timrom.ttf","~",0.2,0
>>  pigment {rgb 1}
>>  scale 10
>>  translate <-2,-4,0>
>>}
>>
>>Mike Williams
>>Gentleman of Leisure
>>
>
>Yes, I believe the text will work out for me after all. Please pardon my
>lack of familiarity with what to expect from various POV-ray capabilities.
>
>Thanks.
>

Sorry, looks like I accidentally posted a message from Mike Williams from
below by accident. Don't know how/why this happened.

-incognito

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