In article <web.3d69c07e42c081aa1e1615b30@news.povray.org>,
 "Kaveh" <kav### [at] focalimagecom> wrote:

> I am trying to create 'wafers' with a small depth, and with rounded edges, a
> bit like those created using the superellipsoid command. I can't find a
> simple way to do this. I have tried creating one shape by joining three
> superellipsoids together, but the result is not perfect. Here is my code:

Superellipsoids don't just have rounded edges. The sides of a 
superellipsoid "rounded box" are not flat, for example. The usual method 
is to use a CSG union or merge with sphere, cylinder, or torus objects 
for the rounded edges. There are macros in shapes.inc to make rounded 
versions of several primitives.
Another thing: superellipsoids are slow and prone to errors, and CSG 
gives you more control over the rounding.

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