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11 Aug 2024 05:14:51 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Isosurface media question  
From: Bill DeWitt
Date: 6 Sep 1999 20:29:08
Message: <37d45c54@news.povray.org>
Thanks!
        Hmmm.. This makes three ways to make a torus, I wonder how many
there are?

Peter Popov <pet### [at] usanet> wrote in message
news:YEHTN98AgfONAna9Zlxr9xZUrTnB@4ax.com...
> Here's a formula that John VanSickle gave me when I was looking for a
> way to make toroidal media:
>
> sqrt( y*y + (sqrt(x*x+z*z)-1)*(sqrt(x*x+z*z)-1) )
>
> This makes a torus of major and minor radii 1. Some tweaking of the
> frequency and phase keywords might be necessary. Enjoy.
>
>
> Peter Popov
> ICQ: 15002700


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