How is that not a torus? A torus is defined simply as the solid formed by rotating
a circle around a circular path which is perpindicular to the plane of the circle.

Ken wrote:

> Thorsten Froehlich wrote:
> >
> > In article <380922BD.C98E15DF@isd.net> , Larry Fontaine <lfo### [at] isdnet>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > If you have a torus with minor>major, you get a big ugly hole chopped
> > > out of the center. Shouldn't it just be like a torus without a hole,
> > > like a red blood cell sort of thing?
> >
> > Yes, I can reproduce your problem, here is a sample scene. It should show a
> > strange dark spot near the center of the torus. (Crossposted to POV-Ray
> > bugreports.)
>
> Is it really a bug when you try to make a torus something other than a torus ?
>
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