Oops, I posted a message to povray.programming when it really was intended
for povray.general. The question was about making 3D pie charts, using
different techniques like sor and prism objects. If anyone has suggestions
on the best way (efficiency, looks) to approach it I'd appreciate the
feedabck.

- lv

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Laszlo Vecsey wrote:

> The question was about making 3D pie charts. If anyone has suggestions
>  I'd appreciate the feedabck.
> [with liberal snips]

 I'd use cylinders clipped_by planes, or to get those rounded edges I'd
consider superellipsoids clipped_by planes. You can vary the height of
each slice with scaling.

Bill Bohan
http://www.dhc.net/~bilbohan
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As many programmers as there are, that's how many ways there are to do it.

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On Mon, 23 Feb 1998 02:25:06 -0600, Bill Bohan
<NoS### [at] technologistcom> wrote:

>Laszlo Vecsey wrote:
>
>> The question was about making 3D pie charts. If anyone has suggestions
>>  I'd appreciate the feedabck.
>> [with liberal snips]
>
> I'd use cylinders clipped_by planes, or to get those rounded edges I'd
>consider superellipsoids clipped_by planes. You can vary the height of
>each slice with scaling.

I'd suggest using intersections instead of clipped_by, so you can
'lift' a section of the chart out and have its edges intact.

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