Blue_Trefoil_Knot_Animated.gif
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Summary
Description Blue Trefoil Knot Animated.gif |
English:
A trefoil knot.
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Date | // 2018-12-28 |
Source | Own work |
Author |
Jim.belk
Animation: MichaelFrey ( talk ) |
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Source
#include "colors.inc"
/* Makes a trefoil knot using a hypotrochoid */
background { color White }
global_settings { assumed_gamma 1.0}
camera
{
location <0, 0, -25>
right <1,0,0> up <0,1,0>
look_at <0, 0, 0>
angle 5
}
light_source
{
<0, 20, -50>
color White
area_light <5, 0, 0>, <0, 5, 0>, 10, 10 /* very slow, decrease 10 to 2 for experiments */
adaptive 3
}
#declare r_tube = 0.1;
#declare num_steps = 36;
#declare step_size = 1/num_steps;
sphere_sweep
{
cubic_spline num_steps+3,
#declare N = -1;
#while(N <= num_steps + 1)
#declare theta = 2 * pi * N * step_size;
<0.3*( 2*sin(2*theta)-sin(theta) ), 0.3*( 2*cos(2*theta)+cos(theta) ), 0.3*sin(3*theta)>, r_tube
/* uses a hypotrochoid */
#declare N = N + 1;
#end
pigment { color rgb <0,0.25,1> }
finish
{
ambient 0.15
diffuse 0.85
brilliance 2
phong 0.25
phong_size 5
}
rotate <0,360*clock,0>
}
plane
{
<0,0,-1>, -2.4
pigment { color White }
finish
{
ambient 0.35
diffuse 0.65
}
}
Assembly.inc
;http://www.f-lohmueller.de/pov_tut/animate/anim001d.htm Antialias=Off Antialias_Threshold=0.1 Antialias_Depth=2 Input_File_Name="knot.pov" Initial_Frame=1 Final_Frame=36 Initial_Clock=0 Final_Clock=1 Cyclic_Animation=on Pause_when_Done=off
build.sh
povray Assembly.inc +H480 +W480 +UA convert -dispose previous -delay 10 -loop 0 *.png myimage.gif firefox myimage.gif