Koch Snowflake 3D_02

The last script was built to assemble a one degree bigger 3D Koch Snowflake from a picked base flake. If you change the loop contained in it with this one here, you will have a randomly growing snowflake accumulation...! Also, I added a function preventing snowflakes from being copied in positions that are already occupied by other flakes.

If you'd like to try out increasing the max. i value, go ahead! - but I told you beware of your graphics RAM...

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EnableRedraw (False)
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For i = 0 To 50
For j = 0 To 5
ReDim Preserve arrVec(n)
ReDim Preserve arrFlakes(n)
If i = 0 And (Rnd > 0.5) Then
arrVec(n) = PointAdd (arrFlakeBase, arrReloc(j))
arrFlakes(n) = CopyObject (strFlake0, arrFlakeBase, arrVec(n))
n = n + 1
ElseIf n >= 1 And (Rnd > 0.5) Then
arrVec(n) = PointAdd (arrVec(n-1), arrReloc(j))
If functOccupied (arrVec, n) = False Then
arrFlakes(n) = CopyObject (strFlake0, arrFlakeBase, arrVec(n))
n = n + 1
End If
End If
Next
Next
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EnableRedraw (True)


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Function functOccupied (arrVec, n)
Dim k
functOccupied = False

For k = 0 To Ubound (arrVec) - 1
If PointCompare (arrVec(k), arrVec(n)) = True Then
functOccupied = True
Exit For
End If
Next

End Function
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Koch Snowflake 3D_01

Worked on a script that builds 3D Koch Snowflakes from a given Base-Flake (1°), here is what it looks like.
The key was to have the coordinates of the object's bounding box. The Flake fits perfectly in, it's extremities all touch the box at /2, /3 or /4 edge lengths... holy geometry!

There are some reasons why I decided to try the Koch Snowflake geometry:
It it sort of a 3D tiling pattern, it grows recursively, like a fractal, it consists of just one simple module (itself being built from 8 even tetrahedrons) and last but not least, I just loved the snowflake allusion!

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Option Explicit
'written by cubic on April 21th, 2008
'pick 3D Koch Snowflake to build +1° bigger flake


Call Main
Sub Main

Dim strFlake0
Dim arrBBox
Dim BoxX, BoxY, BoxZ
Dim arrFlakeBase
Dim arrReloc(7)
Dim arrVec(7)
Dim arrFlakes(7)
Dim n : n = 0

strFlake0 = Rhino.GetObject ("Please pick a 3D Koch Snowflake")
arrBBox = Rhino.BoundingBox (strFlake0)


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'Calculate base point (arrFlakeBase) for picked strFlake0, from flake's Bounding Box.

BoxX = Rhino.Distance (arrBBox(0), arrBBox(1))
BoxY = Rhino.Distance (arrBBox(0), arrBBox(3))
BoxZ = Rhino.Distance (arrBBox(0), arrBBox(4))

arrFlakeBase = Rhino.PointAdd (arrBBox(0), Array(0, BoxY/4, BoxZ/3))


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'Calculate relocation vectors for copies of strFlake0.

arrReloc(0) = Array(BoxX, 0, 0)
arrReloc(1) = Array(BoxX/2, BoxY/4, BoxZ/1.5)
arrReloc(2) = Array(BoxX/2, -BoxY/4, BoxZ/3)
arrReloc(3) = Array(BoxX/2, BoxY*0.75, 0)
arrReloc(4) = Array(0, BoxY/2, BoxZ/3)
arrReloc(5) = Array(BoxX, BoxY/2, BoxZ/3)
arrReloc(6) = Array(BoxX/2, BoxY/4, -BoxZ/3)


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'Make copies of strFlake0 and move to new positions ...

For n = 0 To 6
arrVec(n) = Rhino.PointAdd (arrFlakeBase, arrReloc(n))
arrFlakes(n) = Rhino.CopyObject (strFlake0, arrFlakeBase, arrVec(n))
Next

End Sub