Descriptions and Examples for the POV-Ray Raytracer by Friedrich A. Lohmüller
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Fishblob

Objects: "torus", "Segment_of_Torus"-Makro aus "shapes3.inc".
Methods: "#declare", "union{...}", "object{...}"
Click here for an example!
The construction in details:
How to calculate the radius Ri
of the inner circles:
The radius of the inner circles is called here Ri.
The radius of the outer circle is called here Ra.
Look at the opposite image:
Ri (orange) = 1/2*Ra (yellowish green).
If the center of the outer circle is at
M0 = <0,0,0>, we have the centers
of the inner circles at
M1 = <Ri,0,0> and M1 = <-Ri,0,0> .

As a torus segment we use here my macro "#macro Segment_of_Torus( R_major, R_minor, Segment_Angle)" from my inlude file. This file must be included to our text by #include "shapes_lo.inc" !
How to define the radius Ri
of the inner circles? 
// center:
#declare M  = <0,0,0>;
// outer radius:
#declare Ra = 3.00 -R0;
// radius of inner half circles:
#declare Ri  = Ra /2 ;

//  2 torus segments
#include "shapes3.inc"

union{   //-----------------------
torus { Ra,  R0
        rotate<90,0,0>
        translate M0
  } // end of torus  -------------
object{
   Segment_of_Torus( Ri, R0, -180)
   rotate<-90,0,0>
   translate < Ri,0,0>
 } // end of Torus_Segment(...) --
object{
   Segment_of_Torus( Ri, R0, -180)
   rotate<-90,0,0> rotate<0,0,180>
   translate <-Ri,0,0>
 } // end of Torus_Segment(...) --
}// end of union
//---------------------------- end
Scene description
for POV-Ray:
".txt" file or ".pov" file
 
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