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Re: Geometry- transformations

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  • Subject: [mg34375] Re: Geometry- transformations
  • From: GoranG <icmc2MAKNUTIOVO at pop.tel.hr>
  • Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 06:31:01 -0400 (EDT)
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On Thu, 16 May 2002 09:32:32 +0000 (UTC), "Hrvoje Posilovic"
<hposilovic at inet.hr> wrote:

>Dear Mathematica  experts,
>
>I am very new Mathematica user and have one problem
>which is for me impossible to solve.
>I must define geometric shape by set of points in XY  plane and than rotate
>that shape (points) in steps of 1 deg around Z axis for 3 or 4 revolutions,
>at the same time that 
>shape must be resized (magnified)  by sale fator R for 1 deg reolution
>step, and translated downward Z axis by translation factor T for 1 deg
>revolution step.

There are actually many ways to do this in Mathematica. IMO using
Shapes package seems most elegant. Here's an example... use 
\[Alpha]/° to get 1 deg step.

<< Graphics`Shapes`

\!\(myTransform[g_, \ \[Alpha]_, \ k_, \ z_, 
      steps_] :=
\[IndentingNewLine]Table[\[IndentingNewLine]RotateShape[\
\[IndentingNewLine]TranslateShape[\[IndentingNewLine]AffineShape[\
\[IndentingNewLine]g, {1 + i \((k - 1)\), 1 + i \((k - 1)\), 
              1}\[IndentingNewLine]], {0, 0, 
            z\ i}\[IndentingNewLine]], \[Alpha]\ i, 0, 
        0\[IndentingNewLine]], {i, 0. , \ 1. , \ 1. \/steps}]\)

g = Polygon[{{1., 0., 0.}, {0., 1., 0.}, {1., 1., 0.}}];

Show[Graphics3D[myTransform[g, 8.\[Pi], 7, -7., 55.]]]

g = Point[{1., 1., 0}];

myTransform[g, 8.\[Pi], 7, -7., 55.]

Show[Graphics3D[%]]


If you really need only points here's the syntax for stripping
procedure...

Level[myTransform[g, 2\[Pi], 1., -1., 2\[Pi]/ °], {2}] // TableForm




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