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FX Draw provides customised tools to draw parabolic and hyperbolic conic sections.

 

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Parabola Defined By Focus and Vertex

 

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You can modify this parabola by dragging the focus and vertex, as well as a third point that defines the size of the parabola.

 

Parabola Defined by Focus and Directrix

 

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This parabola can be modified by moving the directrix line, the focus and a fourth point that determines the size of the parabola.

 

Hyperbola

 

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The hyperbola is determined by four points which define the axes and a fifth point which determines the size of the hyperbola.

 

Conic Section Properties

 

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Most components of a conic section can be displayed and formatted. Hyperbolas have extra formatting options available.