Modelling a potato chip (saddle)?

jerrylynnb · 19th May 2008, 10:57 PM

How would you guru's model a mathematical saddle - something the shape of a potato chip or dorito chip. The mathematic feature of this thin curved surface is that each point on the surface is both convex (in one direction) and concave (in the perpendicular direction). How about it? Is there a swift way to model this kind of shape?

19th May 2008, 10:57 PM	#1
jerrylynnb Member Advanced member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 30	Modelling a potato chip (saddle)? How would you guru's model a mathematical saddle - something the shape of a potato chip or dorito chip. The mathematic feature of this thin curved surface is that each point on the surface is both convex (in one direction) and concave (in the perpendicular direction). How about it? Is there a swift way to model this kind of shape?