blob55 |
The blob in all its glory:
This has a lot of potential as a case.
Click on the snapshot to download the blob's stl file. |
# name of the blob project = "blob55"; # function at origin must be <0, and >0 far enough away. w=0 defines the surface function w = f(x2,y2,z2,c,r) x = (x2-c(1))/r(1); y=(y2-c(2))/r(2); z=(z2-c(3))/r(3); w=(-10)+(-16).*x.^2+x.^4+2.*x.^2.*y.^4+y.^8+8.*x.^2.*z.^2+8.*y.^4.* ... z.^2+16.*z.^4; endfunction; step = 2; # grid pitch in mm start with 4mm to see the shape quickly. Once you have it just right, change to 2mm for printing xmin = -150; # avoid the origin because the inverse of the gradient is NaN there xmax = 150; c_outer = [0,0,0]; r_outer = [25,25,24]; source("../octave/func2stl_v01.m"); # do all the calculationsGNU Octave