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Fractal Tree (+ Root) Generator

35 points by ______ 15y ago

mantalk 15y ago
Very nice. Is there any way to control balance? Could there be?
- ______ 15y ago
  That's a good idea- bias in one direction or the other could create wind-swept looking trees. I'll throw that in later tonight.
  - mantalk 15y ago
    Awesome. That could make for an interesting model of skew versus sun direction/latitude, too.
chomicki 15y ago
a randomness/mutation/imperfection slider would be neat, especially if it could cause chaos along a branch and its nodes.
hinathan 15y ago
Cool! This seems to be stylistically related to what you can do with http://www.contextfreeart.org/ http://www.contextfreeart.org/
Jupe 15y ago
Neat. Apparently, it makes root vegetables too :) Trunk Width: 200 segment length: -30 branching angle: 100 branching symmetry: 50
mantalk 15y ago
Playing with the settings, different species of trees come to mind... It would be really interesting to classify and group trees by these parameters.
- ______ 15y ago
  Just added that bias setting. Now you can make windswept trees: http://www.filosophy.org/projects/trees/#jwi3ouq0U http://www.filosophy.org/projects/trees/#jwi3ouq0U I like the idea of classifying trees by looking at the parameters of the branch structure -- I think that kind of approach would very well complement traditional computer vision methods. Another thing that I've been wanting to play with is creating a 'forest' of these kinds of parametrizable trees and running a genetic algorithm to see what parameters win out in collecting "sunlight", etc. Could be fun, but would take a bit longer to make...
  - mantalk 15y ago
    Very nice. Forests could be cool...creating a genetic algorithm for such a forest could be a lot of work and lead to less interesting results than expected...
gavanwoolery 15y ago
I made one too a while back, animated. Shrink your browser window if you machine is not very fast.... :) http://www.genesisbbs.com/appstem2.html http://www.genesisbbs.com/appstem2.html

4 ms·

Fractal Tree (+ Root) Generator

35 points by ______ 15y ago

mantalk 15y ago
Very nice. Is there any way to control balance? Could there be?
- ______ 15y ago
  That's a good idea- bias in one direction or the other could create wind-swept looking trees. I'll throw that in later tonight.
  - mantalk 15y ago
    Awesome. That could make for an interesting model of skew versus sun direction/latitude, too.
chomicki 15y ago
a randomness/mutation/imperfection slider would be neat, especially if it could cause chaos along a branch and its nodes.
hinathan 15y ago
Cool! This seems to be stylistically related to what you can do with http://www.contextfreeart.org/ http://www.contextfreeart.org/
Jupe 15y ago
Neat. Apparently, it makes root vegetables too :) Trunk Width: 200 segment length: -30 branching angle: 100 branching symmetry: 50
mantalk 15y ago
Playing with the settings, different species of trees come to mind... It would be really interesting to classify and group trees by these parameters.
- ______ 15y ago
  Just added that bias setting. Now you can make windswept trees: http://www.filosophy.org/projects/trees/#jwi3ouq0U http://www.filosophy.org/projects/trees/#jwi3ouq0U I like the idea of classifying trees by looking at the parameters of the branch structure -- I think that kind of approach would very well complement traditional computer vision methods. Another thing that I've been wanting to play with is creating a 'forest' of these kinds of parametrizable trees and running a genetic algorithm to see what parameters win out in collecting "sunlight", etc. Could be fun, but would take a bit longer to make...
  - mantalk 15y ago
    Very nice. Forests could be cool...creating a genetic algorithm for such a forest could be a lot of work and lead to less interesting results than expected...
gavanwoolery 15y ago
I made one too a while back, animated. Shrink your browser window if you machine is not very fast.... :) http://www.genesisbbs.com/appstem2.html http://www.genesisbbs.com/appstem2.html