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  Re: WIP: Steam Locomotive (still a newbie after all these years)  
From: gonzo
Date: 29 Sep 2006 17:35:00
Message: <web.451d8fd236e9b45fa0c272b50@news.povray.org>
"Randy" <han### [at] sbcglobalnet> wrote:

> Looking forward, I made the rails out of a prism, but can't figure out how
> to get them to work for a curved section of track.  Any ideas?


Same way as real rails on a real track... shorter straight sections end to
end at a slight angle.

Somewhere I have a macro I wrote to make curved track from straight rails,
but that was a hard drive failure ago... I'll have to scrounge around some
old disks to find a copy.

RG


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