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Helicoidal Cone

Helicoidal Cone

Helicoidal Cone is a ruled surface, given by a parametrisation, immersed.

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aperiodic def-parametric immersed implemented ruled tradition-classical

Formula

x(u, v)
u⁢cos⁡(v)u \cos\left(v\right)
y(u, v)
u⁢sin⁡(v)u \sin\left(v\right)
z(u, v)
0.5⁢u⁢v0.5 u v

Properties

Family
ruled
Given by
a parametrisation
Curvature
no condition imposed
Periodicity
not periodic
Ends
0
Embedding
immersed
Fidelity
exact
Exactness
elementary

Definition

the cone joining the origin to the helix (cos v, sin v, 0.5 v), two turns -- k = amp = 0.5 and turns = 2, the operator defaults

Sources

Chart reproduced numerically against the shipped implementation: fwd max 0.70 of tol, 0.1% of oracle beyond tol (tol floor 2.5 x 0.06159).