The difference between adding a planar or lofted end-surface on the sylinder, and mtmkinleys way, is that mtmckinley uses the cylinder-surface itself to cap itself.
This works great with "linear-surfaces" I guess. If the cylinder surface was made with 3. degree lofting, then adding only one ekstra isoparm, would likely produce a rounded edge around the cap-surface.
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