# ellipsoid.maple -- compute equations for offset ellipsoid setup # $Header$ # # ellipsoid has center (A,B,C), radius (a,b,c) # angular coordinate system has center (U,V,W) # # direction cosines wrt angular coordinate center are (alpha,beta,gamma) # but Maple predefines gamma = Euler's constant, so we use (xcos,ycos,zcos) # instead, i.e. a point has coordinates (U+xcos*r, V+ycos*r, W+zcos*r) # # then the equation of the ellipsoid is # (U+xcos*r - A)^2 (V+ycos*r - B)^2 (W+zcos*r - C)^2 # ----------------- + ---------------- + ----------------- = 1 # a^2 b^2 c^2 # # to solve this, we introduce intermediate variables # AU = A - U # BV = B - V # CW = C - W # eqn := (xcos*r - AU)^2/a^2 + (ycos*r - BV)^2/b^2 + (zcos*r - CW)^2/c^2 = 1; read "../maple/util.mm"; read "../maple/codegen2.mm"; [solve(eqn, r)]; map(simplify, %); [r_plus = %[1], r_minus = %[2]]; solnlist := [codegen[optimize](%)]; ftruncate("ellipsoid.c"); print_name_list_dcl(temps_in_eqnlist(solnlist, [r_plus,r_minus]), "fp", "ellipsoid.c"); codegen[C](solnlist, filename="ellipsoid.c");