Trefoil Knot

#1 Posted: 2/9/2023 7:11:59 PM

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Parametric plot of curve and (2-3) trefoil knots.
What would be really cool would be a meshed torus.
However, I don't know any idea how to do that.

Regards

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#2 Posted: 2/9/2023 10:33:20 PM

Jean Giraud

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Wrote
What would be really cool would be a meshed torus.
However, I don't know any idea how to do that.

Torus in three options [meshed/points/quaternion]
Just be patient rolling Torus.
Cheers ... Jean.

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0Anim Torus.sm (44.44 KiB) downloaded 1083 time(s).
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Descartes Trifolium looks better as you wish.

#3 Posted: 2/10/2023 12:36:26 AM

overlord

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Trefoil torus, not ordinary torus.

#4 Posted: 2/10/2023 3:03:35 AM

Alvaro

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Hi Overlord. You can try starting with something this:

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Best regards.
Alvaro.

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