You can create cylindrical plots of parameterized surfaces defined by
functions such as
z(r, θ) = r + cosθ. You plot the parameterized
surface r = f (s, t),
θ = g(s, t), z = h(s, t) in cylindrical coordinates
by entering the expressions for r, θ, and z into a vector
f (s, t), g(s, t), h(s, t)
and choosing Cylindrical from
the Plot 3D submenu.
To create a parameterized cylindrical plot
The following example shows the ``spiral staircase'' z = θ, a 3D
cylindrical plot of the vector
r, θ, θ
, with
≤r≤1,
0≤θ≤4π, and.Plot Style set to
Hidden Line.
Plot 3D + Cylindrical
r, θ, θ
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