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%%  A DANTE-Edition example
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%%  Example 23-05-47 on page 383.
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%%  Copyright (C) 2011 Herbert Voss
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%%  of this license or (at your option) any later version.
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%%  See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
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\documentclass[]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{153.70511pt}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}

\usepackage{pstricks,pst-3dplot}

\begin{document}
\psset{xMin=-1,xMax=2,yMin=-1,yMax=2,zMin=-1,zMax=2}
\begin{pspicture}(-2,-2)(2,2)
 \pstThreeDCoor
 \pstThreeDDot[linecolor=red,%
   drawCoor=true](1,0.5,0.5)% center
 \psset{linecolor=blue, linewidth=1.5pt}
 \pstThreeDEllipse(1,0.5,0.5)(-0.5,1,0.5)(1,-0.5,-1)
 % settings for an arc
 \psset{beginAngle=0,endAngle=270,arrows=|-|}
 \pstThreeDEllipse(1,0.5,0.5)(-0.5,0.5,0.5)(0.5,0.5,-1)
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}