Comments on: Flex 3 Truchet Tiling

By: Renaun Erickson

Renaun Erickson — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:25:42 +0000

The random arc one takes one of the two arcs and defines a random number of smaller arcs, then for each of the smaller arc it randomizes the value that defines the curve points.

var parts:int = int(Math.random() * tileSize / Math.min(tileSize, 8)) + 1;
for (var i:int = 1;i <= parts; i++)
{
var pointX:int = leftX + (tileSize/2*i/parts);
var pointY:int = leftY + (tileSize/2*i/parts*upDown);
var arcX:int = int(Math.random() * (Math.max(lastX, pointX) – Math.min(lastX, pointX))) + Math.min(lastX, pointX);
var arcY:int = int(Math.random() * (Math.max(lastY, pointY) – Math.min(lastY, pointY))) + Math.min(lastY, pointY);
graphics.curveTo(arcX, arcY, pointX, pointY);
lastX = pointX;
lastY = pointY;
}

By: Lars

Lars — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:22:41 +0000

Neat!
What is the nature of the Random Arc setting? I thought at first it was just a random mixture of circular arcs and straight lines, then I thought it was hand-drawn lines, but it sort of looks like arcs at different size levels, fractal-like.

Lars

By: Phillip Kerman

Phillip Kerman — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:03:01 +0000

Neat O! Nice job.