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12 Mar 2026 04:44:13 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Help: How to create a bolt?  
From: Cousin Ricky
Date: 10 Mar 2026 10:55:00
Message: <web.69b030a39c1bf2d960e0cc3d949c357d@news.povray.org>
"LanuHum" <Lan### [at] yandexru> wrote:
>
> Thank you. I understand macros very poorly, but I can create a spiral from a
> sphere_sweep. Then subtract the spiral from the cylinder. But, I want to achieve
> a realistic profile.

Either of the isosurface solutions Robert Munyer and I posted would satisfy this
profile.

https://news.povray.org/5eec257c%241%40news.povray.org
https://news.povray.org/875zph8073.fsf%40munyer.com


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