Aaron Spike wrote:
I don't think it will take much to convince me to do the python for you. I just need to know how it should work. :-)
Aaron Spike
First I'd like to apologize everyone for spamming the list last weekend with the same message, I didn't realize it was sourceforge, I thought it was a problem with my login since I didn't get post acknowledgement.
Aaron thats great! Im sorry I didn't reply sooner, just when I thought I had some free time new projects came up... I hope you can play with what Ive written last time, did it make any sense to you? I'd love to test it :)
In the meantime I think I've found a way to draw fractal objects in the current l-system version. It uses 2 rules, one is A=AA where A is used for stems of the fern and the other is any of the usual plant F rules, axiom is F of course. This makes the stems larger and larger every generation while the final elements (should I call them pine needles) stay the same length. It is kinda opposite of the usual fractal making where every generation gets smaller and smaller, here the length change affects older generations making them bigger and bigger as they age while the current generation is always the same length. I'll investigate all this as soon as I get some free time, maybe all fractals I've seen can be drawn without the @ resize factor just using clever rules. It doesn't mean of course that using @ is unnecessary, @ would make things easier imo. I don't think I'll get to it before august though.
There were some fern examples that I concluded can't be drawn with only 1 angle specified, they need 2 different angles where each is applied to a different element, for example A rotation uses 10° while F uses 35°. I'd also like to investigate this, maybe this could also be avoided with clever rules? I guess I'll have to dive into maths to get all this sorted...