POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Offset surface : Re: Offset surface Server Time: 19 Jan 2019 04:27:32 GMT
 Re: Offset surface
 From: And Date: 20 Jul 2018 14:05:00
Mike Horvath <mik### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> See here:
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https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2857219/formula-for-the-offset-curve-of-an-ellipsoid
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> Mike
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> On 7/19/2018 9:36 PM, Mike Horvath wrote:
> > On 7/19/2018 8:25 PM, Bald Eagle wrote:
> >>
> >> Also of interest:
> >>
> >> http://xahlee.info/SpecialPlaneCurves_dir/Parallel_dir/parallel.html
> >>
> >
> > Xah Lee says the parametric formula for an offset curve is
> >
> > { xf[t] + d yf'[t]/Sqrt[xf'[t]^2 + yf'[t]^2],
> >  Â  yf[t] - d xf'[t]/Sqrt[xf'[t]^2 + yf'[t]^2] }
> >
> > Not sure how to extend that into three dimensions. (I might be able to
> > make an SOR using that formula, but I'd rather not.)
> >
> >
> > Wikipedia says the parametric formula for an ellipsoid is
> >
> > \begin{align} > > x&=a\cos(\theta)\cos(\varphi),\\ > > y&=b\cos(\theta)\sin(\varphi),\\ > > z&=c\sin(\theta),\end{align}\,\!
> >
> > where
> > $> > -\frac \pi 2 \le \theta\le \frac \pi 2, > > \qquad > > -\pi\le \varphi\le \pi. > >$
> >
> > Not sure what the derivative of this is. (Calculus was years ago...)
> >
> >
> > Mike

Many years ago I ever do something for the same goal.