Spiral

DESCRIPTION

This module creates a 3D uniform lattice of 3D vectors in the form of a spiral field. More specifically, the x, y and z components of the vector V at (x, y, z) is are given by

Vx = -y/s; Vy = x/s; Vz = alpha*z;

Here, s = sqrt(x*x + y*y), the radial distance in the xy plane. The origin of the coordinates is in the middle of the low-z face of the box. Alpha is a scaling parameter for the z component of the vectors.

INPUTS

WIDGETS

Port: alpha
Type: Dial
Scaling parameter for the z component of the vector field.

OUTPUTS

Port: Vectors
Type: Lattice
Constraints: 3-D.
3-vector.
float.
uniform.
Output lattice.

PROBLEMS

SEE ALSO

This is a LatFunction module
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