Homework 07

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. The dragger is the fusion of two turquoise cones that appears directly above the surface.

Screen shots:

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