How a Helix = Sine & Cosine Waves and the Unit Circle -- 3D Animation

Version 1.0.0.0 (4.02 KB) by Matthew Sheen
3D Animation of a helix with various projections and dynamic camera views.
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Check out the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uESlFxGVDM
MATLAB code to generate a helix animation with projections onto planes for sine/cosine. Lots of camera movement to keep things visually interesting. One file, no dependencies.
Lots of comments in the code. Hopefully you'll find this a good example/tutorial for smooth 3D animation with camera manipulation. Hope you enjoy!

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Matthew Sheen (2026). How a Helix = Sine & Cosine Waves and the Unit Circle -- 3D Animation (https://github.com/mws262/HelixAnimation), GitHub. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2014b
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