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gleHelicoid - Generalized torus, spiral with circle contour.
void gleHelicoid (gleDouble rToroid,
gleDouble up[3],
gleDouble startRadius,
gleDouble drdTheta,
gleDouble startZ,
gleDouble dzdTheta,
gleDouble startXform[2][3],
gleDouble dXformdTheta[2][3],
gleDouble startTheta,
gleDouble sweepTheta);
- rToroid
- circle contour (torus) radius
- startRadius
- spiral starts
in x-y plane
- drdTheta
- change in radius per revolution
- startZ
- starting z value
- dzdTheta
- change in Z per revolution
- startXform
- starting contour affine transformation
- dXformdTheta
- tangent change xform per revolution
- startTheta
- start angle in
x-y plane
- sweepTheta
- degrees to spiral around
Generalized Torus.
Similar to gleSpiral, except contour is a circle. Uses gleSpiral to draw.
gleSpiral, gleToroid
Linas Vepstas (linas@linas.org)
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