In article <3904F7A6.AF260EC3@hotmail.com>, Tor Olav Kristensen 
<tor### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

> So it is the "ciagar" shape that messes up the 
> reflections. 
> 
> That's a pity. =(
> 
> Is this to be considered as a bug ? 
> 
> And if so, do you know if the other people you 
> mentioned have posted a bug report on the subject?
> 
> I have also noticed that this shape is hollow. 
> And therefore it doesn't behave in CSG operations.

I think the reason you end up with a "cigar" shape at all is a bug. As I 
recall, this is because the bounding gets messed up by the radius 
settings, I think someone was working on a fix for it...which wouldn't 
give a cigar shape, but the actual torus shape.

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