surface-plotter | Plot parametric and implicit surfaces in WebGL

surface-plotter is a JavaScript library. surface-plotter has no bugs, it has no vulnerabilities, it has a Strong Copyleft License and it has low support. You can download it from GitHub.

Surface Plotter renders surfaces in real-time in the browser. The surface is shaded with physically based materials using Three.js. To texture the material, Surface Plotter uses a custom GLSL shader which implements tri-planar mapping to generate UV coordinates, and parallax occlusion mapping to give the material depth. The end result produces mathematical surfaces with near photo-realistic results. One feature of Surface Plotter is the ability for surfaces to seamlessly morph between equations. Implicit surfaces, in particular, morph between each other using what is called the metamorphosis of implicit surfaces. This method is defined as follows: For two implicit equations F(x, y, z) = 0, G(x, y, z) = 0, an intermediate surface can be created by using the parameter t lying between 0 and 1. The intermediate surface is defined by H(x, y, z) = t * F(x, y, z) + (1 - t) * G(x, y, z) = 0. To animate the morph, the parameter t is simply animated from 0 to 1. Surface Plotter isn't terribly useful, but the app exists for the user to play with. Defining your own equations, tweaking them, and instantly visualizing the results can be a fun thing to do.