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drw

To blend the neck into the body of the bottle you might want to use a cubic equation like y = ax3+bx2+cx+d.  Although you could use a sine function or some other similar bending function.


I had Derive find the coefficients a,b,c,d so that the graph passed through (1,1) and (3,2) and such that the derivative y ' = 3ax2+2b+c equaled  0 at x = 1 and x = 3.  It was amazingly easy.  Check out  the attached Derive file. 


             --CFW


 


derivebottle.dfw