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Description
This surface type describes a conicoid as defined by the base radius of curvature (R) and conic constant (k). The following table describes the mathematical form of the conicoid surface type.
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Relation
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Surface Sag
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Functional Form
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Navigation
This feature can be accessed by selecting Conicoid (Sphere, Ellipse, Parabola, Hyperbola, etc.) as the surface type on the Surface tab in a surface dialog box.
Controls
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Control
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Inputs / Description
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Defaults
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Logical Parent
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Name of Parent entity.
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Custom Element Name
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Name
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Name of surface supplied by user.
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Surf n
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Description
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Descriptive text.
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Traceable
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Surface can be raytraced.
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Checked
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Use for trimming only
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Never raytrace. Surface used for trimming only.
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Unchecked
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Type
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Surface type.
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Conicoid
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Surface Settings
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Rad
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Radius of curvature.
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0
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Conic
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Conic constant.
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0
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OK
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Accept settings and close dialog box.
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Cancel
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Discard settings and close dialog box.
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Apply
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Create settings and keep dialog box open.
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Help
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Access this Help page.
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Application Notes
Surface deformation
The conicoid is a "non-sagable" surface. Therefore, it cannot be used as a deforming surface. A "sagable" surface is defined as single-valued in z.
Related Topics
Surface types summary
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