three.js/examples/js/CurveExtras.js

/*
 * A bunch of parametric curves
 * @author zz85
 *
 * Formulas collected from various sources
 *	http://mathworld.wolfram.com/HeartCurve.html
 *	http://mathdl.maa.org/images/upload_library/23/stemkoski/knots/page6.html
 *	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viviani%27s_curve
 *	http://mathdl.maa.org/images/upload_library/23/stemkoski/knots/page4.html
 *	http://www.mi.sanu.ac.rs/vismath/taylorapril2011/Taylor.pdf
 *	http://prideout.net/blog/?p=44
 */

// Lets define some curves
THREE.Curves = {};


 THREE.Curves.GrannyKnot = THREE.Curve.create( function() {},

	 function(t) {
	    t = 2 * Math.PI * t;

	    var x = -0.22 * Math.cos(t) - 1.28 * Math.sin(t) - 0.44 * Math.cos(3 * t) - 0.78 * Math.sin(3 * t);
	    var y = -0.1 * Math.cos(2 * t) - 0.27 * Math.sin(2 * t) + 0.38 * Math.cos(4 * t) + 0.46 * Math.sin(4 * t);
	    var z = 0.7 * Math.cos(3 * t) - 0.4 * Math.sin(3 * t);
	    return new THREE.Vector3(x, y, z).multiplyScalar(20);
	}
);

THREE.Curves.HeartCurve = THREE.Curve.create(

function(s) {

	this.scale = (s === undefined) ? 5 : s;

},

function(t) {

	t *= 2 * Math.PI;

	var tx = 16 * Math.pow(Math.sin(t), 3);
	var ty = 13 * Math.cos(t) - 5 * Math.cos(2 * t) - 2 * Math.cos(3 * t) - Math.cos(4 * t), tz = 0;

	return new THREE.Vector3(tx, ty, tz).multiplyScalar(this.scale);

}

);



// Viviani's Curve
THREE.Curves.VivianiCurve = THREE.Curve.create(

	function(radius) {

		this.radius = radius;
	},

	function(t) {

		t = t * 4 * Math.PI; // Normalized to 0..1
		var a = this.radius / 2;
		var tx = a * (1 + Math.cos(t)),
			ty = a * Math.sin(t),
			tz = 2 * a * Math.sin(t / 2);

		return new THREE.Vector3(tx, ty, tz);

	}

);


THREE.Curves.KnotCurve = THREE.Curve.create(

	function() {

	},

	function(t) {

		t *= 2 * Math.PI;

		var R = 10;
		var s = 50;
		var tx = s * Math.sin(t),
			ty = Math.cos(t) * (R + s * Math.cos(t)),
			tz = Math.sin(t) * (R + s * Math.cos(t));

		return new THREE.Vector3(tx, ty, tz);

	}

);

THREE.Curves.HelixCurve = THREE.Curve.create(

	function() {

	},

	function(t) {

		var a = 30; // radius
		var b = 150; //height
		var t2 = 2 * Math.PI * t * b / 30;
		var tx = Math.cos(t2) * a,
			ty = Math.sin(t2) * a,
			tz = b * t;

		return new THREE.Vector3(tx, ty, tz);

	}

);

THREE.Curves.TrefoilKnot = THREE.Curve.create(

	function(s) {

		this.scale = (s === undefined) ? 10 : s;

	},

	function(t) {

		t *= Math.PI * 2;
		var tx = (2 + Math.cos(3 * t)) * Math.cos(2 * t),
			ty = (2 + Math.cos(3 * t)) * Math.sin(2 * t),
			tz = Math.sin(3 * t);

		return new THREE.Vector3(tx, ty, tz).multiplyScalar(this.scale);

	}

);

THREE.Curves.TorusKnot = THREE.Curve.create(

	function(s) {

		this.scale = (s === undefined) ? 10 : s;

	},

	function(t) {

		var p = 3,
			q = 4;
		t *= Math.PI * 2;
		var tx = (2 + Math.cos(q * t)) * Math.cos(p * t),
			ty = (2 + Math.cos(q * t)) * Math.sin(p * t),
			tz = Math.sin(q * t);

		return new THREE.Vector3(tx, ty, tz).multiplyScalar(this.scale);

	}

);


THREE.Curves.CinquefoilKnot = THREE.Curve.create(

	function(s) {

		this.scale = (s === undefined) ? 10 : s;

	},

	function(t) {

		var p = 2,
			q = 5;
		t *= Math.PI * 2;
		var tx = (2 + Math.cos(q * t)) * Math.cos(p * t),
			ty = (2 + Math.cos(q * t)) * Math.sin(p * t),
			tz = Math.sin(q * t);

		return new THREE.Vector3(tx, ty, tz).multiplyScalar(this.scale);

	}

);


THREE.Curves.TrefoilPolynomialKnot = THREE.Curve.create(

	function(s) {

		this.scale = (s === undefined) ? 10 : s;

	},

	function(t) {

		t = t * 4 - 2;
		var tx = Math.pow(t, 3) - 3 * t,
			ty = Math.pow(t, 4) - 4 * t * t,
			tz = 1 / 5 * Math.pow(t, 5) - 2 * t;

		return new THREE.Vector3(tx, ty, tz).multiplyScalar(this.scale);

	}

);

// var scaleTo = function(x, y) {
//   var r = y - x;
//   return function(t) {
//     t * r + x;
//   };
// }
var scaleTo = function(x, y, t) {

		var r = y - x;
		return t * r + x;

	}

THREE.Curves.FigureEightPolynomialKnot = THREE.Curve.create(

	function(s) {

		this.scale = (s === undefined) ? 1 : s;

	},

	function(t) {

		t = scaleTo(-4, 4, t);
		var tx = 2 / 5 * t * (t * t - 7) * (t * t - 10),
			ty = Math.pow(t, 4) - 13 * t * t,
			tz = 1 / 10 * t * (t * t - 4) * (t * t - 9) * (t * t - 12);

		return new THREE.Vector3(tx, ty, tz).multiplyScalar(this.scale);

	}

);

THREE.Curves.DecoratedTorusKnot4a = THREE.Curve.create(

	function(s) {

		this.scale = (s === undefined) ? 40 : s;

	},

	function(t) {

		t *= Math.PI * 2;
		var
		x = Math.cos(2 * t) * (1 + 0.6 * (Math.cos(5 * t) + 0.75 * Math.cos(10 * t))),
			y = Math.sin(2 * t) * (1 + 0.6 * (Math.cos(5 * t) + 0.75 * Math.cos(10 * t))),
			z = 0.35 * Math.sin(5 * t);

		return new THREE.Vector3(x, y, z).multiplyScalar(this.scale);

	}

);


THREE.Curves.DecoratedTorusKnot4b = THREE.Curve.create(

	function(s) {

		this.scale = (s === undefined) ? 40 : s;

	},

	function(t) {
		var fi = t * Math.PI * 2;
		var x = Math.cos(2 * fi) * (1 + 0.45 * Math.cos(3 * fi) + 0.4 * Math.cos(9 * fi)),
			y = Math.sin(2 * fi) * (1 + 0.45 * Math.cos(3 * fi) + 0.4 * Math.cos(9 * fi)),
			z = 0.2 * Math.sin(9 * fi);

		return new THREE.Vector3(x, y, z).multiplyScalar(this.scale);

	}

);


THREE.Curves.DecoratedTorusKnot5a = THREE.Curve.create(

	function(s) {

		this.scale = (s === undefined) ? 40 : s;

	},

	function(t) {

		var fi = t * Math.PI * 2;
		var x = Math.cos(3 * fi) * (1 + 0.3 * Math.cos(5 * fi) + 0.5 * Math.cos(10 * fi)),
			y = Math.sin(3 * fi) * (1 + 0.3 * Math.cos(5 * fi) + 0.5 * Math.cos(10 * fi)),
			z = 0.2 * Math.sin(20 * fi);

		return new THREE.Vector3(x, y, z).multiplyScalar(this.scale);

	}

);

THREE.Curves.DecoratedTorusKnot5c = THREE.Curve.create(

	function(s) {

		this.scale = (s === undefined) ? 40 : s;

	},

	function(t) {

		var fi = t * Math.PI * 2;
		var x = Math.cos(4 * fi) * (1 + 0.5 * (Math.cos(5 * fi) + 0.4 * Math.cos(20 * fi))),
			y = Math.sin(4 * fi) * (1 + 0.5 * (Math.cos(5 * fi) + 0.4 * Math.cos(20 * fi))),
			z = 0.35 * Math.sin(15 * fi);

		return new THREE.Vector3(x, y, z).multiplyScalar(this.scale);

	}

);