“Stringing Along”

Goal:

This large assignment aims to give you experience with computational design. You will use computer programming in Processing to write algorithms and procedures with turtle geometry and L-systems to generate creative designs. Some of the work you create as part of this assignment will be fabricated (laser-cut) in the next assignment. 

GitHub repository:
https://github.com/EldyLazaro/comp-fab/tree/main/week-4/

TASK 1: Processing functions
Use Processing functions to create a composite image with the simple geometries listed below in any colors (e.g., background, stroke, fill) of your choosing:

• Draw a point that is not at the origin.
• Use the above-generated point as a starting point to create a line.
• Draw a circle with a well-defined radius.
• Draw a triangle.
• Draw a rectangle (with unequal side lengths).

void setup() {
  //setup code - gets called once
  size (500, 500);
  background (64);
}


void draw() {

  // draw a green circle on the left
  fill(#b2e711);
  noStroke();
  circle(200, 200, 100);

  // draw a line
  stroke(#00899a);
  strokeWeight(20);
  line(230, 110, 230, 400);

  //draw a triangle behind the other shapes
  fill(#ff7509, 148);
  noStroke();
  triangle(150, 300, 350, 200, 450, 300);

  // draw a rectangle below without fill, just stroke
  fill(0, 200);
  stroke(5, 20);
  rect(70, 280, 300, 50, 5);

  //draw a point
  stroke(255);
  strokeWeight(10);
  point (230, 110);
}

TASK 2: Turtle Library
Use the Turtle library (in Processing) to create the following geometries listed below:

• Draw the shapes for capitalized letters “ I “ and “T”. Ensure that you don’t overwrite over paths in order to create these shapes. Hint: You should use the turtle’s penUp and penDown functions. 
• Draw a triangle using turtle movement.
• Draw a regular pentagon using the movement of the turtle. Recall that for a regular pentagon, each of the internal angles measures 108°. In general for a regular polynomial with a number of sides ‘k’, the internal angle is given by [(k-2)/k]*180^°.
• Draw a circle with a well-defined radius using only turtle movement (do not use built-in functions in Processing).

See code on Github

TASK 3: L-system

• Define each of them by — the vocabulary (variables and constants), axiom, and production rules.
  For each L-system, list the first three strings produced after the axiom (beyond iteration n=0).

• Use Processing, the Turtle Library, and LA1_LSystemBase (base code on GitHub) to program a representation of your system.

• In your implementation, be sure to use multiple variables and constants (“F“, “B“, “-“, “+“, and others, etc.) along with push/pop (e.g., “[“, “]“) to give your L-System a memory (see lecture slides for more details).

See code on Github