Re: [help-3dldf] Fwd: Re: Helices. Was: problems installing

[L. Nobre G.]

On 5/28/05, Laurence Finston <address@hidden> wrote:
> Sorry not to be more help.  I'm quite interested in helices for my own work,
> and I wish I could devote more time to them.  You might want to take a look at
> L. Nobre G.'s FEATPOST package (there's a link on the website).  He's a
> physicist and may have implemented helices.  Not that I want to lose a user,
> but it might provide a solution for you right away.

Well, thanks but not really.
The first example in
http://matagalatlante.org/nobre/featpost/doc/featexamples.html
is a double closed helical path but besides being cyclic each path is
defined by a specific parametric equation.
The examples 
inductionbob.mp
and
parafuso.mp
contain open helical paths but these are not automatically hidden-lined.
So, in fact, I have not implemented generic open-paths, much less
recursive path definitions...

Greetings
-- 
L. Nobre G. - http://matagalatlante.org/nobre/WebRing.html

"La idea de escalar en solo integral esta pared de quinientos metros es 
sobrecogedora; internarse en una ruta desconocida sin aseguramiento es
imposible,
no se puede prever nada; es una irresponsabilidad. Si se parte un unico agarre 
o apoyo es suficiente... 
Todo el mundo lo dice: no debe correrse un riesgo de este calibre... 
Pero precisamente lo inimaginable posee el increible estimulo de explorar 
los limites psicologicos e incrementarlos mediante el ejercicio de la voluntad".
                                                                      
                          Much Mayr