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The surface obtained by spinning a cube on two diametrically opposite corners:

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All the surfaces are ruled surfaces. The top and bottom are simply conical caps. The curved part in the middle is part of a hyperboloid of one sheet. It can be obtained by taking a cylinder of radius and height $\sqrt{\frac23}$ times the edge length of the cube and giving one of the ends a $60^{\large\circ}$ twist.

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