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  1. Jan 17th, 2002, 01:42 PM #1
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    Intersecting cylinders.

    A friend of mine asked if I knew anything about the following. I have never encountered this object. Does anybody here have a clue or know of a pertinent URL?

    Imagine three cylinders (same diameter) which intersect at right angles to each other. If you cannot visualize that, think of the XYZ Axes of a Cartesian coordinate system. Then imagine each axis as the center of a long cylinder.

    Any idea of what the intersection looks like? Does anybody know a site which might have a graphic like this?

    I am also posting this on the Maths Forum.
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    It's hard to explain, but it looks a bit like a cube with round edges
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    Btw it would look better if you did it like this: draw a sphere instead of this weird cube and have the tubes go only half the way through the sphere... that should be enough.

    Oh huh... you're doing this in 3D right?
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'Error 9: Overflow
'DON'T PANIC! :eek:

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