Drawing Gosper Unit
In computer-aided design (CAD), a polyline is a series (or a chain) of straight lines. Each straight section of a polyline is a “segment,” and the points where the segments connect are “vertices.” If a polyline’s starting and ending vertices coincide, it is a “closed polyline” or a “polygon”. If they do not, the polyline is classified as an “open polyline.” Polylines can be planar (2D) or 3D. The Gosper curve, named after Bill Gosper, also known as the Peano-Gosper Curve and the Flowsnake is a space-filling curve similar to the Dragon Curve or the Hilbert Curve. In this post I explain the basic drawing method of the unit curve of this fractal, naming it as drawing Gosper unit.
In this video series, I present various in-class exercises I led in a freshman-year Architectural Geometry course. With Rhinoceros software, we study Euclidean constructions, basic drawing and transformation commands, fundamental fractals, regular and semi-regular tessellations, patterns, modeling techniques, and unrolling polyhedra. These short drawing exercises also offer value to junior-level architects, interior designers, industrial designers, and enthusiasts from other fields. I will share weekly exercises on my blog and other platforms. Here is the tutorial video: drawing Gosper unit:
The software used in this course is Rhinoceros 3d (www.rhino3d.com). However, if you want to find out more and see the whole list of this video series, you can check my YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/@designcodingnet. The music of this video is ‘At The End Of All Things’ by Scott Buckley (CC-BY 4.0). www.scottbuckley.com.au
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