Thorsten Froehlich <tho### [at] trfde> wrote:
> > How can I make an ellipse (cylinderical)?

> You scale a sphere asymetrically.  I.e. add "scale <1,10,1>" to a sphere.

  Actually that's an ellipsoid.
  (Colloquially, that is. I wouldn't bet my money on whether a
mathematician would agree...)

-- 
plane{-x+y,-1pigment{bozo color_map{[0rgb x][1rgb x+y]}turbulence 1}}
sphere{0,2pigment{rgbt 1}interior{media{emission 1density{spherical
density_map{[0rgb 0][.5rgb<1,.5>][1rgb 1]}turbulence.9}}}scale
<1,1,3>hollow}text{ttf"timrom""Warp".1,0translate<-1,-.1,2>}//  - Warp -

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