Tangent Plane Explorer

14.6 — Tangent Planes and Differentials

Surface

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Point P0

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Values at P0

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Drag to rotate · scroll or pinch to zoom · right-drag to pan. All three axes use equal unit scaling, so a right angle on screen is a real right angle. Rotate until you are looking along the tangent plane edge-on: the plane collapses to a line and n stands at a right angle to it.