Homework 06

Kristy VanHornweder

Phytoplankton Morphing-Surface Using an Elliptic Torus

The torus represents the phytoplankton and the cube represents the ocean.

Parametric Equations:

      x = (i+j*cos(v))*cos(u);
      y = (i+j*cos(v))*sin(u);
      z = k*sin(v);

      default values: i = 0.5, k = 0.5, j depends on simulation time
      i is spread, j is thickness, k is height

The dragger controls the height of the surface. Moving the dragger up will make the surface taller and moving the dragger down will make the surface shorter.

Screen shots:

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