"Blue Herring" wrote:
> What I've found works for a lampshade I've been working on was to just to take a
> cone and use clipped_by to make holes in the top and bottom.  (First time I've
> ever used clipped_by).  If you are using a lathe for your shape, the clipped_by
> probably isn't even necessary; just don't cap off the ends in your spline.

You only need to do that if you want to cut the end off at an angle other than
90 degrees. Otherwise, you can just use the 'open' keyword in the cone
definition.

E.g.:

cone {
  // .. whatever ..
  open // leave off the end caps
}

The same applies to cylinders too.


- sooperFoX

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