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14 Aug 2024 05:14:13 EDT (-0400)
  Re: 3D pie chart slices  
From: Ronald L  Parker
Date: 23 Feb 1998 09:34:11
Message: <34f188a9.5856951@10.0.2.33>
On Mon, 23 Feb 1998 02:25:06 -0600, Bill Bohan
<NoS### [at] technologistcom> wrote:

>Laszlo Vecsey wrote:
>
>> The question was about making 3D pie charts. If anyone has suggestions
>>  I'd appreciate the feedabck.
>> [with liberal snips]
>
> I'd use cylinders clipped_by planes, or to get those rounded edges I'd
>consider superellipsoids clipped_by planes. You can vary the height of
>each slice with scaling.

I'd suggest using intersections instead of clipped_by, so you can
'lift' a section of the chart out and have its edges intact.


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