Rick Measham nous illumina en ce 2008-09-24 21:07 -->
> Attached is the POV used to create the also attached PNG file.
> 
> The aim is to create a library that will output pie charts as torus 
> segments. The PNG is almost right where I want it.
> 
> Except for the rounding of the torus segments. This is all just 
> approximations.
> 
> To do it properly, I somehow need to make a torus that is smaller on the 
> inside of the large segmented torus.
> 
> Does anyone have any other ideas on how to do this nicely?
> 
> ALSO: I would love to make this render a hell of a lot faster, if anyone 
> has any pointers.
> 
> Cheers!
> Rick Measham
> 
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You want your torus to have a somewhat eeg shaped section.
Have you considered using a lathe object?
You plot the profil as if it was a prism object, and it get's rotated around the 
Y axix. Much faster than an isosurface, but may be a little slower that a torus.

-- 
Alain
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