Plane to cone

A plane can be transformed into a cone by defining a circle (using cosine and sine) and multiplying with a v-parameter in the x- and y-coordinates. The shape no longer extrudes in one direction; instead, it tapers to a point. The unrolled developable surface transforms from a rectangle to a fan-like shape.

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