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crescent shape made by inverting an ellipsoid on a sphere
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This is a nice crescent shape made by inverting an ellipsoid
on a sphere.
The pictures show the ellipsoid in yellow, and the crescent shape in green. The sphere used for inversion is the framework.
I made a hole in the top so that if you glue the pieces together you will have a container, but it is really about the shape.
If you want to rebuild this from the source (feel free to modify), here is the tool chain:
1. Run octave (https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/). The files "sur
on a sphere.
The pictures show the ellipsoid in yellow, and the crescent shape in green. The sphere used for inversion is the framework.
I made a hole in the top so that if you glue the pieces together you will have a container, but it is really about the shape.
If you want to rebuild this from the source (feel free to modify), here is the tool chain:
1. Run octave (https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/). The files "sur
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