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blob30 |
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The blob in all its glory:
Twirl with your mouse
Nice crescent by inverting a ellipsoid on a sphere.
| Click on the snapshot to download the blob's stl file. |
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# name of the blob
project = "blob30";
function w = f(x2,y2,z2,c,r,e)
x = (x2-c(1))/r(1);
y = (y2-c(2))/r(2);
z = (z2-c(3))/r(3);
# function at origin must be <0, and >0 far enough away. w=0 defines the surface
w=x.^2+y.^2+z.^2 - 1.0;
endfunction;
# this is for distorting the grid before applying the function
# note that the undistorted grid will be used to make the stl file
# just set it to x3=x; y3=y; z3=z; if no warping is needed.
function [x3,y3,z3]= prewarp(x,y,z)
R =200; # center of sphere is at (R+X0,0,0) with radius R (passing through (X0,0,0) )
X0 = 0; # this means that parts of the blob near [X0,0,0] will stay near that point.
# calculate the inverted coordinate of each point in the 3D grid (x3,y3,z3)
x2 = x-R-X0; y2=y; z2 = z; # intermediate values
r2 = R*R./(x2.^2+y2.^2+z2.^2);
x3 = x2.*r2+R+X0; y3 = y2.*r2; z3 = z2.*r2;
endfunction;
c_outer = [0,0,0];
r_outer = [35,75,20];
source("../octave/func2stl_v01.m"); # do all the calculations
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