I used this equation to create the rim of the foreward dish on my sattelite
picture above.

"Anthony D. Baye" wrote:

> Dirk \"DIRKO\" Legler wrote:
>
> > "Anthony D. Baye" <ban### [at] Rapidnetcom> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> > news:3E4E7DB5.61F82FE8@Rapidnet.com...
> > > Looking really good, however, the bowl looks like it was molded around the
> > > base.  Unless this is the way you wanted it, you can find the radius of
> > the
> > > sphere at a given point with the following equation:
> >
> > Sorry, but wat is "molded"? Couldn't find a translation in my dictionary..
>
> The bowl looks as if it were formed around the central ring of the base.  The
> torus and spheres pass through the glass.
>
> >
> > >
> > > sqrt(pow(gr,2) - pow(dr,2))    <<-- in graphic form below.
> > >
> > > where <b>gr</b> is the given radius of the sphere you started with, and
> > > <b>dr</b> is the desired radius.  This will render the distance of that
> > > radius from the center of the sphere. I use a graphing calculator for
> > this,
> > > but a really good scientific one will do.
> >
> > I wish I could afford babylon.com translator ;) Isn't it the desired radius
> > that is to calculate with that equation? Or what is it for?
>
> I inverted the parameters for desired radius and distance, so that the product
> is the desired radius rather than the distance from center.
>
> >
> >
> > *confused* DIRKO
>
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