"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> > "LanuHum" <Lan### [at] yandexru> wrote:
> > > Hi! I am interested in the question: is it possible to create a thread
> > > without a mesh of triangles?
>
> "Cousin Ricky" <rickysttATyahooDOTcom> wrote:
> > https://news.povray.org/5eec257c%241%40news.povray.org
>
> There is also this thread:
>
http://news.povray.org/povray.general/thread/%3Cweb.64ff068eb373d57cf00fef66b571e5b2%40news.povray.org%3E/
>
> Always do a search for "prior art" when trying to accomplish a task.
> "povray screw threads" or similar.
>
> I'm sure there are several similar projects in the newsgroups - I know that I
> have modeled screw threads and drill bits, and other helical shapes in the past.
>
> - BE

Thanks. I tried to search, but immediately the word spiral thread is associated
with the hyper threads of a computer processor. )))

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