Cone Net Construction

Cone Net Construction
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2017-03-18 00:45
This example demonstrates the construction and calculation of a cone's lateral surface net. It involves core mathematical concepts such as cones, power functions, matrices, confidence intervals, secant lines, and angles. Key GeoGebra commands used include OrthogonalLine, Circle, Point, Intersect, Cone, Segment, Distance, Angle, Rotate, CircumcircleArc, Surface, and CurveCartesian. It is suitable for high school mathematics students and educators exploring solid geometry and related topics.

GeoGebra Commands & Parameters

  1. OrthogonalLine((1, 0, 0), xOyPlane) → a
  2. Circle(a, (0, 0, 0)) → c
  3. Point(a) → A
  4. Intersect(xAxis, a) → B
  5. Cone(B, A, 1) → b, d, e
  6. Intersect(yAxis, xAxis) → C
  7. Segment(C, A) → l_1
  8. Distance(B, C) → r_1
  9. Angle(A, C, B) → α
  10. Rotate(A, (t * α), yAxis) → A'
  11. OrthogonalLine(A', xOyPlane) → f
  12. Intersect(f, xOyPlane) → B'
  13. Rotate(C, β / 2, f) → C'
  14. Rotate(C, ((-β)) / 2, f) → C'_1
  15. CircumcircleArc(C', C, C'_1) → g
  16. Distance(A', B') → h
  17. Distance(B', C') → r'
  18. Surface(((k - ((v * r') * cos((u * β / 2)))) * cos(ϕ)) - (((1 - v) * h) * sin(ϕ)), ((v * r') * sin((u * β / 2))), (((1 - v) * h) * cos(ϕ)) + ((k - ((v * r') * cos((u * β / 2)))) * sin(ϕ)), u, -1, 1, v, 0, 1) → j
  19. CurveCartesian(((k - (r' * cos((u * β / 2)))) * cos(ϕ)), (r' * sin((u * β / 2))), ((k - (r' * cos((u * β / 2)))) * sin(ϕ)), u, -1, 1) → m
  20. Segment(E, F) → n
  21. Segment(D, F) → l
  22. Segment(I, J) → r