How do you force my 3D graphing system to graph between -71 and 71?
Hello.
I made my own graphing system using blocks and my own equations. I've also made my own custom 3D axes that range from -71 to 71 on all axes. The only problem is that when I try to graph something, the graph goes out of the y-axis range. I have used math.clamp(partPosY, -71, 71) to fix it, but no luck.
Here are some screenshots (Couldn't convert them to links for some reason...):
My custom 3D axes: https://gyazo.com/442f35edcd3d02a8f0660eeffdb539bf
Graph went out of range on the y-axis (min:71, max:71) https://gyazo.com/5772e2b944d13b58a48d803bd4d324c6
Is there a way to accomplish this? Here is my code snipplet:
function grp(part)
local finalF = Vector3.new(part.Position.X, (part.Position.X^3*part.Position.Z+part.Position.Z^3*part.Position.X)/2000, part.Position.Z)
part.BodyPosition.Position = Vector3.new(finalF.X, finalF.Y, finalF.Z)
end
1 answer
In an ironic twist of fate, I did something similar to generate smooth terrain from an array of 2d points just the other day :p
plug: https://www.roblox.com/games/1121503247/lol-kek
Try separating your functions:
local calcy = function(x, z)
return (x^2)+(z^2);
end
local graph = function(x, y, z)
local point = Instance.new("Part", game.Workspace);
point.Size = Vector3.new(1, 1, 1);
point.CFrame = CFrame.new(x, y, z);
end
graph(1, math.clamp(calcy(1, 2), -71, 71), 2);
If the name of the game is to only graph points within a certain limit, there are two good ways of doing it.
The best way would be to alter the graph() function as such:
local graph = function(x, y, z, min, max)
if((y >= min) and (y <= max))then
local point = Instance.new("Part", game.Workspace);
point.Size = Vector3.new(1, 1, 1);
point.CFrame = CFrame.new(x, y, z);
end
end
The other option would be to do this:
local points = {};
-- normal body, but insert all instanced parts into table of points, then destroy any points out of bounds
graph(1, math.clamp(calcy(1, 2), -72, 72), 2);
for a, x in pairs(points) do
if((x.Position.Y > 71) or (x.Position.Y < -71))then
x:Destroy();
end
end
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