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Differential Growth Rust
Overview
This crate provides a very easy to use Differential Growth algorithm as well as an example sketch using the excellent nannou crate.
It's as simple as providing a Vec of starting points, calling [DifferentialGrowth::tick()] to advance one iteration of the algorithm and obtaining the new state
using [DifferentialGrowth::get_points()].
Get up and running quickly by using an included point generator function like [generate_points_on_circle()] to generate your starting points.
Having a basic knowledge of the differential growth algorithm is highly recommended:
- https://inconvergent.net/generative/differential-line/
- https://inconvergent.net/2016/shepherding-random-growth/
Example
The best way to understand this crate is by taking a look at /example folder. You can run it on any platform running cargo run --example example.
Otherwise, below is a quick reference on how to use this crate.
# use differential_growth::{generate_points_on_circle, DifferentialGrowth};
# use nalgebra::Point2;
# use nannou::{event::Update, prelude::*, window, App, Frame};
// Generate a set of starting points.
// You do not have to use the included helper function,
// you could for example pass points drawn by the mouse.
let starting_points: Vec<Point2<f64>> = generate_points_on_circle(0.0, 0.0, 10.0, 10);
// Instantiate DifferentialGrowth.
// the choice of input parameters is very import to the
// succesful working of the algorithm. A value to big or too small
// or a wrong combination of values can make the algorithm behave
// like it doesn't work.
// Here I've provided values that I tested and like.
let mut dg = DifferentialGrowth::new(starting_points, 1.5, 1.0, 14.0, 1.1, 5.0);
// Advance the algorithm 1 iteration.
dg.tick();
// Get the newly calculated points.
let points_to_draw: Vec<Point2<f64>> = dg.get_points();
// draw the result by
// - drawing a line between consecutive Vec elements.
// - drawing a line between the first and the last element.
References
Dependencies
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