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From: Mike Horvath
Date: 19 Jul 2018 18:57:53
Message: <5b511771$1@news.povray.org>

Analogous to "parallel curve", but in three dimensions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_curve

What formula could I use to generate an "offset surface" for an 
ellipsoid/spheroid? (An ellipse rotated around a vertical axis.)

Would a parametric function or implicit function be better or faster or 
simpler?

Thanks.


Mike

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