Figure Asymptote tube -- 010

Posted on 2011-01-01 Edited on 2025-04-20 In Tech , Programming , Asymptote , Examples 3D , Tube.asy

An Asymptote code and the generated picture tube--010.

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Figure tube 010 Generated with Asymptote

Show tube/fig0100.asy on Github.
Generated with Asymptote 3.00-0.
Categories : Examples 3D | Tube.asy
Tags : #Tube | #Transform (3D)

import tube;
import graph3;
size(12cm,0);
currentprojection=orthographic(4,3,2);

real x(real t) {return sin(t);}
real y(real t) {return cos(t);}
real z(real t) {return sqrt(t);}

path3 p=graph(x,y,z,0,4pi,50,operator ..);

path section=subpath(unitcircle,0,2);

pen pens(real t){
  return interp(red,blue,t);
}

// Define a transformation wich will be applied to each section at reltime t.
transform T(real t){return scale(t^0.75/2);}

// Combination of pens and transform:
draw(tube(p,coloredpath(section,pens), T));
draw(p);