Revolving a curve about the y-axis to generate a 3D surface

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I'm aware that the cylinder() functiond does this for revolutions about the x-axis. But is there a way to do this about the y-axis?

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John D'Errico
John D'Errico on 11 May 2022
Certainly. Just write the code yourself. Seriously, it is not difficult.
Consider the function y = f(x).
f = @(x) x.*(1-x);
fplot(f,[0,1])
We want to rotate this around the Y axis.
n = 100;
theta = linspace(0,2*pi,n).';
x0 = linspace(0,1,n);
y0 = f(x0);
x = x0.*cos(theta);
z = x0.*sin(theta);
y = repmat(y0,[n,1]);
surf(x,y,z)
xlabel x
ylabel y
zlabel z
view(20,30)
So the y axis lives at (x,z) = (0,0). The curve drawn in the original figure has been rotated around the y axis, producing this sideways cup, with a cusp at the center.
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Asser Abdelgawad
Asser Abdelgawad on 10 Jun 2022
Hello @John D'Errico. Thank you for sharing this; it helped me a lot. I have a follow-up question if you don't mind:
Is there a way to revolve the graph without using repmat? The issue is, for me, since this rotation is in the fourier domain, when i perform ifft2 to get back to spatial domain, my resultant function is essentially one-dimensional because of the repeated values from repmat. I want a 3D Gaussian from performing ifft2 on the 2D MTF here, but I get this for the PSF:
Here is my code for reference:
f = fit(freq.', MTF_fit.', 'gauss2'); %gaussian function
% rotate MTF in fourier domain
n_val = 100;
x0 = freq;
y0 = f(x0).';
theta = linspace(0,2*pi,n_val).';
x = x0.*cos(theta);
y = x0.*sin(theta);
z = repmat(y0,[n_val,1]);
MTF2 = z;
PSF2 = abs(ifftshift(ifft2(MTF2)); %back to spatial domain
surf(x,y,z) %plot top right graph
surf(PSF2) %plot bottom left graph
Ideally, the values for MTF2 wouldn't be repeated across the matrix. I've also shared what MTF2 looks like currently for refernece. What do you think?

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Matt J
Matt J on 11 May 2022
Edited: Matt J on 11 May 2022
Why not just revole around whatever axis cylinder() acommodates and then use rotate?
Or, interchange the data when you plot, e.g.,
t = 0:pi/10:2*pi;
r = 2 + cos(t);
[X,Z,Y] = cylinder(r);
surf(X,Y,Z);
xlabel X; ylabel Y; zlabel Z;
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Asser Abdelgawad
Asser Abdelgawad on 13 Jun 2022
Hi @Matt J I've tried the cylinder function with all 6 possible orderings of x,y, and z but I cannot get my gaussian function to go from left to right such as in this diagram.
This was acheived with @John D'Errico's solution, though my issue is the repeated values it produces because of repmat. How would you do it with your technique on a gaussian such as this? Is it possible with cylinder()?
Thank you so much for your help.
Asser

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