Fractal Curves with Rhino Python
A simple Rhino Python script that generates fractal curves. An example is a test with the Gosper-Peano curve. However the script is not supporting segment directions, which is why the result is not the intended curve. Curve directions could be implemented in the future.
# Drawing Simple Fractal Curves
# 31.07.2017 www.designcoding.net - Tugrul Yazar
import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs
import copy
initials = rs.GetObject("Select Initial Shape", 4)
referenceA = rs.GetPoint("Place Reference Point A")
referenceB = rs.GetPoint("Place Reference Point B")
iteration = rs.GetInteger("Enter Number of Iterations", 3, 1, 10)
if initials and referenceA and referenceB and iteration:
if rs.CurveDegree(initials) > 1:
rs.RebuildCurve(initials, 1)
shape = []
shape.append(initials)
for i in range(iteration):
segments = rs.ExplodeCurves(shape)
rs.HideObjects(shape)
new = []
for segment in segments:
starts = rs.CurveStartPoint(segment)
ends = rs.CurveEndPoint(segment)
newsegment = rs.OrientObject(initials, [referenceA, referenceB], [starts, ends], 3)
new.append(newsegment)
shape = copy.deepcopy(new)
rs.HideObjects(segments)
rs.ShowObjects(shape)
else:
print "Nothing done. One or more inputs were not defined"
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