I REALLY would like to know how to create curved "horns".  I am thinking
of a series of either cones or torii slices... has anyone done this
before/have any suggestions?

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Esperandi wrote:
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> I REALLY would like to know how to create curved "horns".  I am thinking
> of a series of either cones or torii slices... has anyone done this
> before/have any suggestions?

Hi,

Recently I've written a small VBA-macro for Excel 7.0, which allows me
to create nearly any surface made out of triangle_meshes, as long as it
can be described by an mathematical formula; of course this is also true
for curved "horns".

Otherwise the job may be done by a bezier_patch-modeller called
"spatch". You will find it there:
http://www.aimnet.com/~clifton/spatch.html

So long,
Reinhard<rei### [at] t-onlinede>

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I would recommend using sPatch (see the other post) or the object bender
include file at http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/1434/bend.html

Ken

Esperandi wrote in message <34D542DD.DA8E0383@ovis.net>...
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>I REALLY would like to know how to create curved "horns".  I am thinking
>of a series of either cones or torii slices... has anyone done this
>before/have any suggestions?
>
>
>

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Sphere sweep may be good for curved horns.
See http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~vader/raytracing.html for info

-- 
Daren Scot Wilson
dar### [at] pipelinecom
www.newcolor.com
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                     -- William Shedd

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Daren Scot Wilson wrote:
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> Sphere sweep may be good for curved horns.
> See http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~vader/raytracing.html for info
> 
> --
> Daren Scot Wilson
> dar### [at] pipelinecom
> www.newcolor.com
> ------
> "A ship in a harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for"
>                      -- William Shedd


Hi,

a very cool site and interesting stuff on sphere_sweeps. It's a pity,
that there isn't an already compiled version for windows(95). I did
write a mail to J.Lippert and he did anwer that he has'nt found time
yet, to do this. Does anyone know, where that could be available?

ReRe

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>
>a very cool site and interesting stuff on sphere_sweeps. It's a pity,
>that there isn't an already compiled version for windows(95). I did
>write a mail to J.Lippert and he did anwer that he has'nt found time
>yet, to do this. Does anyone know, where that could be available?
>
>ReRe
>
>

Actually, there is a compiled version on my website. It has more functions
to boot, including new texture patterns, text alignment, and trimmable
rational beziers.

Check it out:

Twyst================================
EFnet and NewNet #povray Channel Operator
Website: http://twyst.home.ml.org
E-Mail: twy### [at] v-wavecom
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Heh, well I grabbed it. <G>
  It'll probably take me forever to get the hang of your mods though. :(

--
Paul Hinds
gri### [at] swbellnet

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Esperandi wrote:
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> I REALLY would like to know how to create curved "horns".  I am thinking
> of a series of either cones or torii slices... has anyone done this
> before/have any suggestions?
apologies for posting to an old thread but I couldn't resist this.

THE programme for making *curved horns* just absolutely has to be:

Rhino3d!  

at http://www.rhino3d.com

outputs to .pov, .inc and .rib (for BMRT) 

enjoy

tim

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heh, well since it's still in free beta, yes. Truespace does it just as
good, though. I wish they'd output to Pov, too.

- Grim

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This is probably too late but I once did just that. See attachment.

Esperandi wrote:
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> I REALLY would like to know how to create curved "horns".  I am thinking
> of a series of either cones or torii slices... has anyone done this
> before/have any suggestions?

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