How can I make a polygon plane by mathematical equation?

[Anonymous]

Hi all, 

I'm pretty new to MAYA, and I'm trying to make a polygon plane based on mathematical equation like the attached image. 

Is there any way to make a polygon plane based on mathematical expression like this? 

Thank you,

[saihtam]

One way to go about this would be to modify a circle into your graph shape using python. So you'd loop through all the CV's and sample the ouput from the equation, the place the CV accordingly. Then you can project that curve onto a polyPlane or nurbsPlane. For a poly plane you would then cut with that projected plane, for the nurbs plane you would use trim.

Does any of that make sense? If you need more information don't hesitate to let us know.

[Anonymous]

Hi, saihtam, thank you for the reply. However, what does the CV mean? Also, when I sample the output from the equation, what should I sample? Is that the figure(outline)? or the equation?

Thank you,