Before I bend over too far trying to figure it out, is it possible to make a torus, using primitives, that is elliptical in the major radius but without changing the minor radius? I think it is not, because the minor radius is in ratio to the major radius, so scaling the primitive differently in X and Y will change both radii proportionally.
The same problem exists with rings, but you can get around that using different primitives, such as chords and n-discs, as I've done in the two files below. (I'm trying to make both a flat and a rounded version; I've figured out the L and the E, but not how to make the round-topped version of G and O.) So maybe there is some way using another kind of primitive?
The same problem exists with rings, but you can get around that using different primitives, such as chords and n-discs, as I've done in the two files below. (I'm trying to make both a flat and a rounded version; I've figured out the L and the E, but not how to make the round-topped version of G and O.) So maybe there is some way using another kind of primitive?
At first I tried using 1-4 chords and n-discs for the flat G and O, but the result was some ugly, squashy triangles. I was pleasantly surprised at how much more elegant it looks with 1-8 variants!
And as I say, some of the photos I've seen of this logo look more bevelled than rounded anyway. And with condline shading in LDView, you really don't even notice the flatness.