>How to make an incline prism with POVray ?
>
>I can find in User's guide how to make a prism with a base in a plan, and
>going 'upward' (i.e if the base is in x,z plan, the moving axis of the
prism
>is along the y vector.
>
>Buit how can I do a prism inclined like the Pise tower ? (with, for
instance
>a moving vector incline with 20 degrees to an axis..).
>
>Is my only choice is to use a mesh or a straight prism cut by 'inclined
>boxes' ? That would be very long and tedious compared to my simple
polygonal
>base and prism shape...
>
>I could use SPatch, but I need a rigorous definition of the polygonal base,
>and in SPatch I can't define coordinates other than by moving the cursor
and
>counting the grid marks....
>
Is it possible to define a Polygon and move it along some path ?

>Thanks you for your help.
>
>
>

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On Wed, 25 Aug 1999 00:31:07 +0200, "eric"
<ski### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

>Is it possible to define a Polygon and move it along some path ?

AFAIR Gilles Tran has a mesh extrusion macro, but I don't think it
handles scaling along the extrusion path. There's a more sophisticated
POV lofter which you'll undoubtedly find a link to on Unkle Ken's
page.


Peter Popov
ICQ: 15002700

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There you will find one very powerful extrusion macro (click on
the last of the three links on that page, "Guarda" to see the examples
and be amazed.
    The site is in Italian but dont worry, it's very easy to
understand if you already know French. :*) Just kidding. Clicking on
the link "Scarica" you will download the macro and a bilingual
manual... Italian/English.

http://members.xoom.com/dvarrazzo/ipov.htm

        Jean




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>On Wed, 25 Aug 1999 00:31:07 +0200, "eric"
><ski### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>
>>Is it possible to define a Polygon and move it along some path ?
>
>AFAIR Gilles Tran has a mesh extrusion macro, but I don't think it
>handles scaling along the extrusion path. There's a more
sophisticated
>POV lofter which you'll undoubtedly find a link to on Unkle Ken's
>page.
>
>
>Peter Popov
>ICQ: 15002700

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