Cyclic ring and visibility problem in pst-solides3d

Question

I'm trying to draw two cylindric rings on top of each other with pst-solides3d. Here is what I have:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{pstricks}
\usepackage{pst-solides3d}

\begin{document}

    \begin{pspicture}(0,0)(3,5)

    \psset{viewpoint=60 80 30 rtp2xyz,Decran=60,lightsrc=viewpoint}

    \psSolid[object=anneau, h=1.7, R=4.4, r=3.8](0,0, 0.77)

    \psSolid[object=anneau, h=0.6, R=5, r=4.4](0,0,0.46)

    \end{pspicture}

\end{document}

And here is what if gives (latex doc.tex; dvips doc.dvi; ps2pdf doc.ps):

And a view from the bottom (change 30 to -50 in psset):

Have I done a silly mistake or there is a visibility problem ?

Answer 1

you draw the rings without using hidden surfaces. In this case the second polygon surfaces are simply drawn over the first ones. You have to collect all polygon surfaces and then draw them by using object=fusion, then hidden surfaces are taken into account.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{pst-solides3d}

\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}(-3,-3)(3,5)
 \psset{viewpoint=60 80 30 rtp2xyz,Decran=60,lightsrc=viewpoint,solidmemory}
 \psSolid[object=anneau,h=1.7,R=4.4,r=3.8,
          name=A1,action=none,hue=0 1](0,0, 0.77)% no action, name=A1
 \psSolid[object=anneau,h=0.6,R=5,r=4.4,
          name=A2,action=none](0,0,0.46)%          no action, name=A2
 \psSolid[object=fusion,base=A1 A2]
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}