Development, 3D Models and Graphs
Intersection of Cone with Slope of Roof

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Development ... Intersection of Cone with Slope of Roof
Right Circular Cone Radius = 5
Right Circular Cone Height
= 5 × tan 40° = 4.195498
Length of Right Circular Cone Nappe
= 5 / cos 40° = 6.527036
Total Angle subtended by ½ Development(s)
= 180° × 5 / 6.527036 = 137.888009°

18 datum points of radius 6.527036 define the development of the right circular cone. If the radii are spaced 10° apart, from –90° to +90°, in plan view on the base of the cone, then on the development the ...
Angle between Radius Vectors
= 137.888009° / 18 = 7.660445°
= 10° × 5 / 6.527036 = 7.660445°

Datum points on the development of the elliptical frustum were determined using 18 radius vectors following the nappe(s) of the cones(s). (The nappes and radius vectors for both cones are superimposed, refer to the development above).

Where x, y and z are points on the ellipse following the surface of the 5/12 roof, the origin being the intersection of the height of the right circular cone and the surface of the roof ...
Formula for Length of Radius Vectors ... Development of Intersection of Cone with Slope of Roof
Ellipse following surface of 5/12 Roof
Major Axis = 14.378797
Minor Axis = 11.520736
Focus = 4.301815
Ellipse CentroidCircle Center = 3.569996


Ellipse projected to Plan View
r = κε / (1 + ε sin θ)
Major Axis = 13.272735
Minor Axis = 11.520736
Focus = 3.295381
κ = Focus to Directrix distance = 10.069196
ε = F/b = 0.496564
Images of 3D Models
Intersection of 40° Cone with 5/12 Slope of Roof


Front View ... Intersection of Cone with Slope of Roof
Side Elevation ... Intersection of Cone with Slope of Roof
Oblique Bird's Eye View ... Intersection of Cone with Slope of Roof

Changing the Slope of the Roof
Graphs of the Conic Sections in Plan View as produced
with the
WZ Function Grapher
created by Walter Zorn

Polar Equation and Graphs of Conic Sections in Plan View ... Intersection of Cone with Slope of Roof

Polar Equation of a Conic Section
Focus at the Origin
r = κε / (1 + ε sin θ)
Distance from Focus to Directrix
κ = Cone Radius × tan Nappe Angle / tan Roof Slope Angle
Eccentricity of the Conic Section
ε = tan Roof Slope Angle / tan Nappe Angle

The slopes in the numerator terms κε cancel, leaving only the Cone Radius. The equations of the conic sections in Plan View, where the Cone Radius = 5 and the Nappe Angle = 40°, are ...

Roof Slope Angle = 0° ... Circle
ε = tan 0° / tan 40° = 0
r = 5 / (1 + 0) = Cone Radius = 5


Roof Slope Angle = 22.619865° ... Ellipse
ε = tan 22.619865° / tan 40° = .496564
r = 5 / (1 + .496564 sin θ)


Roof Slope Angle = Nappe Angle = 40° ... Parabola
ε = tan 40° / tan 40° = 1
r = 5 / (1 + sin θ)


Roof Slope Angle = 50° ... Hyperbola
ε = tan 50° / tan 40° = 1.420277
r = 5 / (1 + 1.420277 sin θ)
Graphs and axes rotated and aligned in relation
to the Section View of the Cone and Roof Slopes


Polar Equation and Graphs of Conic Sections in Plan View aligned in relation to the Nappe Angle of the Cone and Roof Slopes ... Intersection of Cone with Slope of Roof
The Cartesian co-ordinates of points on the plan view conic sections are ... (x = r cos θ , y = r sin θ)

The plan view dimension for y is projected to the plane of the roof using the relation ...
y' = r sin θ / cos Roof Slope Angle ... y' being measured on the surface of the roof on a line at a right angle to the x-axis.

Supplementary Data ...
Cartesian Dimensions for Conic Sections in Plan View
ELLIPSE
κε = 5             ε = .496564
κ = 5 / .496564 = 10.069196 = a/εaε
on y-axis … a = κε / (1 – ε²) = 5 / (1 – .496564²) = 6.636368
on y-axis … Focus = aε = 6.636368 × .496564 = 3.295381
on x-axis … b = Ö(a² – Focus²) = Ö(6.636368² – 3.295381²) = 5.760368
Vertex (from Focus) = aFocus = 6.636368 – 3.295381 = 3.340987
Cartesian Dimensions of Ellipse
PARABOLA
κε = 5             ε = 1             κ = 5
Height = Vertex (from Focus) = 2.5         Width = 2 × 5 = 10
y = – ax² + c
c = Height
a = – 4 × Height / Width² = – 4 × 2.5 / 10² = – .1
Focus (from Vertex) = Width² / (16 × Height) = 10² / (16 × 2.5) = 2.5
Cartesian Dimensions of Parabola
HYPERBOLA
κε = 5             ε = 1.420277
κ = 5 / 1.420277 = 3.520440 = aε – a/ε
on y-axis … a = κε / (ε² – 1) = 5 / (1.420277² – 1) = 4.915518
on y-axis … Focus = aε = 4.915518 × 1.420277 = 6.981397
on x-axis … b = Ö(Focus² – a²) = Ö(6.981397² – 4.915518²) = 4.957579
Vertex (from Focus) = Focus – a = 6.981397 – 4.915518 = 2.065879
Cartesian Dimensions of Hyperbola

Projection of Ellipse to surface of 5/12 Roof
and solution of its Focus-Directrix Equation
on y'-axis … a' = 6.636368 / cos 22.619865° = 7.189399
Focus (from Centroid)
= Ö(a'² – b²) = Ö(7.189399² – 5.760368²) = 4.301815
Ellipse on surface of Roof: Centroid to intersection with Level Plane
= Projection of Plan Ellipse Focus to surface of Roof
= 3.295381 / cos 22.619865° = 3.569996
Ellipse on surface of Roof: Focus to Level Plane intersect
= 3.569996 – 4.301815 = – .731819

ε = Focus / a' = .598355
κ = a' / εa'ε = 7.189399 / .598355 – 7.189399 × .598355 = 7.713461
κε = 7.713461 × .598355 = 4.615388
r = 4.615388 / (1 + .598355 sin θ)

CHECKif   θ = arctan (– .731819 / 5) = – 8.326903°
r = 4.615388 / (1 + .598355 sin (– 8.326903°)) = 5.053276
r cos (– 8.326903°) = 5.00000 = Cone Radius
r sin (– 8.326903°) = – .731819 = Focus to Level Plane intersect
Joe Bartok