(* === Following code of Mathematica 8 generates this image. === *)
a = 6; (* center hole size of a torus *)
b1 = 4; (* the number of angles *)
b2 = 3; (* the number of waves *)
b3 = 1; (* the number of knots *)
c = 80; (* distance from the center of rotation *)
d = 3; (* the number of tori *)
h1 = 2; (* width of a torus *)
h2 = 2; (* width of a torus *)
h3 = 1; (* height of a torus *)
SetOptions[ParametricPlot3D,
PlotRange -> Full, Mesh -> None, Boxed -> False, Axes -> None,
PlotPoints -> 600, ImageSize -> 3000, Background -> RGBColor[{240, 250, 220}/255],
PlotStyle -> Directive[Specularity[White, 90], Texture[Import["D:/tmp/94.jpg"]]],
TextureCoordinateFunction -> ({#4, #5 Pi} &), Lighting -> "Neutral"];
g[v_] := Cos[2 Cos[Cos[Cos[v]]]];
x = t (a - h1 Cos[t] + h2 Sin[b1 s]) Cos[b3 (s + Pi/(2 b1))] + c;
y = t (a - h1 Cos[t] + h2 Sin[b1 s]) Sin[b3 (s + Pi/(2 b1))];
z = t (a - h3 (g[t] + Sin[b2 t]));
rm = Table[{x, y, z}.RotationMatrix[2 i Pi/d, {0, 0, 1}], {i, d}];
ParametricPlot3D[rm, {t, 0, 6 Pi}, {s, 0, 2 Pi}]
(*---
Another shapes and colors, and the meaning of this code in the set description
*)
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