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# Heart surface
# p01 2010
# Maya python script
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from math import sin, cos, pi, pow, sqrt, fabs
from maya.cmds import curve, ls, loft, delete
 
zRes = .1
tRes = .1
cut = 0.9
 
cvs = []
z = -cut
while z <= cut :
    pts = []
    t = -pi
    while t <= pi :
        r = 4 * sqrt(1 - z*z) * pow(sin(fabs(t)), fabs(t))
        x = r * sin(t)
        y = r * cos(t)
        t += tRes
        pts.append((x, y, z))
    z += zRes
    curve(p=pts)
    cv = ls(sl=1)
    cvs.append(cv[0])
loft(cvs)
delete(cvs)