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Fixed the question formation - missing auxiliary (or helping) verb - see e.g. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4yWEt0OSpg&t=1m49s> (see also <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS5NfSzXfrI> (QUASM)). Removed historical information (the question should appear as if it was written right now).

How can I create an animation showing how a circular sector deformed to a cone?

I want to create the following animation with Mathematica.

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What is the simplest way to do so?

My first effort:

GenerateLines[a_, b_, r_, n_] := Table[r {Cos[\[Theta]], Sin[\[Theta]], 0}, {\[Theta], a, b, (b - a)/ n}]; basePts = GenerateLines[\[Pi]/6, 2 \[Pi] - \[Pi]/6, 3, 200]; peakPt = {{0, 0, 3}}; baseLine = Line@basePts; slantedLines = Line /@ Tuples[{basePts, peakPt}]; Graphics3D[{baseLine, slantedLines}] 

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