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# Object Editing an Ellipsoid

Figure (eo-ellg): Object Edit; Ellipse viewed from 45,45 preset

`mged> e ellg
mged>
Select the 45,45 button menu entry.
Select the Object Illum button menu entry.
Move the cursor outside the menu area and select twice.
`

Control is again passed from the OBJ PICK state through the OBJ PATH state to the OBJ EDIT state. When editing a cylinder, ellipsoid, or torus, the coordinates of the primitives are set relative to the center of the primitive, and are not changed by any translation of the primitive. Figure (eo-ellg) represents the display.

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