"Mike Sobers" <sob### [at] mindspringcom> wrote:
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> I couldn't get that to work, but cones (-1 to 1) produces something close.
> However, there are no holes in the middle.
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> Mike

Mike-
The three tori should work, as long as the minor radius is almost as large
as the major.  It would, however, be possible to create a central hole with
your cones: extend each cone so it intrudes into the cone opposite it; then,
differencing them all from the main sphere would produce the desired result.

To everyone:
Here's my original product, with some modifications.
-Hollowed out by differencing a version which uses slightly smaller minor
axes.
-Filled halfway with "water" - glass modified with an IOR of 1.33, equal to
that of water.
-Rendered for about 6 hours, rather than 15 minutes.

Unfortunately, I suffer the dread disease known as "Have to watch the huge
image render-itis".

Any suggestions for improvements?

Perhaps I'll make a Klein bottle and fill the universe with a quart of
water, or just fill the bottle with an infinite volume of water.  Heh.

-Scowdich

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