- art sculpture
A random array of cubes, drawn in 3D. Each layer is drawn with a small offset from the previous layer, giving a 3D appearance. Each cube has a 50/50 chance of being drawn or not drawn. All cubes have a random color, with a light top face and a dark side face.
To New
# set default screen, pen and turtle values
ResetAll SetScreenSize [400 400] HideTurtle
SetSC Black SetPC Green SetPS 1 PenUp
End
To Init :Order
# global values
Make "Width 384
GlobalMake "Depth :Order # Cube depth
GlobalMake "Side :Width/(:Order+:Depth*0.4)
GlobalMake "OffsetX :Side+(:Side*((:Depth-1)*0.4))-(:Width/2)
GlobalMake "OffsetY :Side+(:Side*((:Depth-1)*0.35))-(:Width/2)
End
To Gridd :M :N
# return X Y screen position
Make "X (:M*:Side) + :OffSetX
Make "Y (:N*:Side) + :OffSetY
Output List :X :Y
End
To DrawGrid :Order :Depth
# draw M x N array of cubes
For (List "M 0 :Order-1) [
For (List "N 0 :Order-1) [
If 0 = Random :Order [
SetPos Gridd :M :N Cube :Side Wait 6] ] ]
End
To Cube :Side
# cube drawn from upper right front corner
Make "Col (List 63+Random 127 63+Random 127 63+Random 127)
SetPC White PenDown Left 90
Repeat 4 [Forward :Side Left 90]
FillPoly :Col Right 144
Repeat 2 [Forward :Side/2 Left 144 Forward :Side Left 36]
FillPoly Light :Col Right 126
Repeat 2 [Forward :Side Left 126 Forward :Side/2 Left 54]
FillPoly Dark :Col Right 180 PenUp
End
To FillPoly :Col
PenUp Left 45 Forward 4 FillZone SetPC :Col Fill
Back 4 Right 45 SetPC White PenDown
End
To Light :Hue
# output rgb list midway between :hue and white
Repeat 3 [
Make "Hue ButFirst LPut Int (255+(First :Hue))/2 :Hue]
Output :Hue
End
To Dark :Hue
# output rgb list midway between :hue and black
Repeat 3 [
Make "Hue ButFirst LPut Int (First :Hue)/2 :Hue]
Output :Hue
End
To Go :Order
New Init :Order
Repeat :Depth [
DrawGrid :Order RepCount
Make "OffsetX :OffsetX - (Cos 36) * :Side/2
Make "OffsetY :OffsetY - (Sin 36) * :Side/2 ]
End
Type Go order for example Go 7 to run.
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