Although eight copies of the ellipsoid and two copies of the cylinder shall be used in the final solid, fewer copies are made initially since there is replication in the editing of these primitives.
mged> cp ellipsoid e.2
mged> cp ellipsoid e.6
mged> cp cylinder c.1
mged> cp solid8 s.1
mged> cp torus t.1
mged> Z
mged> e e.* c.1 t.1 s.1
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