"Thorsten Froehlich" <tho### [at] trfde> wrote in message
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> In article <4061d956$1@news.povray.org> , "John" <joh### [at] msncom>
wrote:
>
> > How can I make an ellipse (cylinderical)?
>
> You scale a sphere asymetrically.  I.e. add "scale <1,10,1>" to a sphere.
>
>     Thorsten
>

same goes with a cylinder.
cylinder {
    <0, 1, 0>,
    <0, -1, 0>, 1
    scale <3, 1, 1>
    //... and so on
}

or if you want a thin flat one, a disc object could be scaled.

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