Parametric Sweeping of a Rose

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My thought process:

Create the 2D representation of the rose, which I have defined as :

For Domain (u,v) [0,1]

x(u,v) = 1 + sin(8π u) cos(2π u)

y(u,v) = 1 + sin(8π u) sin(2π u)

z(u,v) = 0

May I know how do I manipulate 3π/2 and a vertical displacement of 2 to complete the sweep ?

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Let $\sqrt{x^2+z^2}=:\rho$. We first draw your rose in the $(\rho,y)$-halfplane: $$\rho=1+{1\over2}\sin(8\pi u)\cos (2\pi u),\qquad y=-1+{1\over2}\sin(8\pi u)\sin (2\pi u)\ .\tag{1}$$ Here I have put $\alpha:=2\pi u$ in order to obey the condition $0\leq u\leq 1$. The $1$ and the $-1$ I have read off from the right part of your figure. If we rotate this rose around the $y$-axis the $\rho$ becomes distributed among $x$ and $z$ via a new variable $\phi={3\pi v\over2}$ $(0\leq v\leq 1)$. In this way the first formula of $(1)$ will be replaced by the pair $$\eqalign{x&=\rho\cos\phi=\bigl(1+{1\over2}\sin(8\pi u)\cos (2\pi u)\bigr)\cos{3\pi v\over2}\cr z&=-\rho\sin\phi=-\bigl(1+{1\over2}\sin(8\pi u)\cos (2\pi u)\bigr)\sin{3\pi v\over2}\ .\cr}$$ But the rose is not only rotated. It is also lifted in the $y$-direction by the amount $2$ while $v$ runs from $0$ to $1$. It follows that the final representation of your surface is $$\left.\eqalign{x&=\bigl(1+{1\over2}\sin(8\pi u)\cos (2\pi u)\bigr)\cos{3\pi v\over2}\cr y&=-1+{1\over2}\sin(8\pi u)\sin (2\pi u)+2v\cr z&=-\bigl(1+{1\over2}\sin(8\pi u)\cos (2\pi u)\bigr)\sin{3\pi v\over2}\cr}\right\} \qquad(0\leq u\leq 1, \ 0\leq v\leq 1)\ .$$