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CREATE A RING COURSE

You can create a course of rings based on a set of equations. See Ring Tracks for details. Try to Play Ring Tracks before creating the following example.

1. SPIRAL BASIC TRAINING
   The tracks in the Spiral Basic Training get increasingly more complicated. Starting with a straight line, then sine waves in a single plane, next a spiral from sine and cosine combination, and so on.
   1. Courses
   1. Create this course by going to the Gallery tab, right clicking on the Private folder (or any folder), and selecting Create Course. Name the course Spiral Basic Training.
   2. Tracks
   1. Add a track to this course by right clicking on Spiral Ring Course and selecting Create Track. Right click and Rename the first track Straight Move.
   2. Add 7 more tracks in this manner named Wave in the X, Wave in the Y, Little Spiral, Big Wave in the X, Big Wave in the Y, Big Spiral, and Loop d Loop.
   3. Edit Rings
   1. Straight Move
   1. Double click on the first track, Straight Move. Go to the Edit Rings tab.
   2. Since this is a new track, there is a default equation.
   3. Replace it with the following:
   1. Enter t = 0 to 2*Pi.
   2. Choose Cartesian.
   3. Enter x(t) = 0.
   4. Enter y(t) = 0.
   5. Enter z(t) = t.
   6. Increase the Number of rings to 20.
   4. Click Update.
   2. Wave in the X
   1. At the bottom of the Move tab click the forward arrow. Now you can edit Wave in the X.
   2. Change the equation to the following:
   1. Enter x(t) = sin(t).
   2. Enter y(t) = 0.
   3. Enter z(t) = t.
   4. Increase the Number of rings to 10.
   3. Click Update.
   3. Wave in the Y
   1. At the bottom of the Move tab click the forward arrow.
   2. Change the equation to the following:
   1. Enter x(t) = 0.
   2. Enter y(t) = cos(t).
   3. Enter z(t) = t.
   4. Increase the Number of rings to 10.
   3. Click Update.
   4. Little Spiral
   1. At the bottom of the Move tab click the forward arrow.
   2. Change the equation to the following:
   1. Enter x(t) = sin(t).
   2. Enter y(t) = cos(t).
   3. Enter z(t) = t.
   4. Increase the Number of rings to 10.
   3. Click Update.
   5. Big Wave in the X
   1. At the bottom of the Move tab click the forward arrow.
   2. Change the equation to the following:
   1. Enter x(t) = 2cos(t).
   2. Enter y(t) = 0.
   3. Enter z(t) = t.
   4. Increase the Number of rings to 20.
   3. Click Update.
   6. Big Wave in the Y
   1. At the bottom of the Move tab click the forward arrow.
   2. Change the equation to the following:
   1. Enter x(t) = 0.
   2. Enter y(t) = 2sin(t).
   3. Enter z(t) = t.
   4. Increase the Number of rings to 20.
   3. Click Update.
   7. Big Spiral
   1. At the bottom of the Move tab click the forward arrow.
   2. Change the equation to the following:
   1. Enter x(t) = 2sin(t).
   2. Enter y(t) = 2cos(t).
   3. Enter z(t) = t.
   4. Increase the Number of rings to 20.
   3. Click Update.
   8. Loop d Loop
   1. At the bottom of the Move tab click the forward arrow.
   2. Change the equation to the following:
   1. Enter x(t) = 2cos(t).
   2. Enter y(t) = 2sin(t).
   3. Enter z(t) = 0.
   4. Increase the Number of rings to 20.
   3. Click Update.
   4. Move
   1. Click the Clear Paths button and Jump to Origin button , because the Reset View button will jump to origin, clear tracks, and quit the Ring Game
   2. Go back to the Gallery tab and double click on Straight Move.
   3. The equations are set up and ready to go.
   4. Click Move and Watch as you swim through the course!
   5. At the bottom of the Move tab click the forward arrow. You will see the rings arranged for the next track and the move necessary to complete it.
   6. Click Move and Watch!
   7. You can try all the tracks in the course by following steps 5 and 6 for each one.
   8. Now under the Gallery tab, drag the Spiral Basic Training Course to the Public folder.
   9. Have a friend log on and try to complete the course themselves!