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Synopsis

This package is the core used by the Urpflanze javascript library to generate the scene.

It deals with creating two-dimensional shapes, repeating them, manipulating them point by point and encapsulating them.

You can use it in the browser or in node.

Motivations

The creation of this library comes from the need to create simple APIs for manage the repetition of primitive shapes and the possibility of applying transformations to each of them, applying transformations on the points avoiding the use of canvas transformations.

Another need - which then became one of the main features - was to be able to encapsulate the result of a generation and manage it as if it were a new shape.

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Synopsis
Motivations
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Installation
Creating a shape
- ShapeBuffer
- ShapeLoop
Primitive shapes - ShapeBuffer - ShapeLoop
- Modifiers
Repetitions
- Ring repetitions
- Matrix repetitions
Manage repetitions
- Repetitions examples
- List of properties
Encapsulation
Recursion
ShapeFollow
Vertex Callback
Scene
- Simple Drawer
Examples

Installation

You can install the library with the command:

npm i @urpflanze/core --save

At the end you can import Urpflanze into your project

/**
 * Full importing
 */
import * as Urpflanze from '@urpflanze/core'

const scene = new Urpflanze.Scene()

/**
 * Selective import
 */
import { Scene } from '@urpflanze/core'

const scene = new Scene()

Creating a shape

ShapeBuffer

The ShapeBuffer is the shape to which you can pass a buffer of points. It accepts the shape property which is an array of points [x0, y0, x1, y1, ..., xn, yn].

The array of points will be adapted between a range of -1 and 1.

Example:

import { ShapeBuffer } from '@urpflanze/core'

const rect = new ShapeBuffer({
	shape: [-1, -1, 1, -1, 1, 1, -1, -1],
	sideLength: [10, 10],
})

rect.generate() // Apply properties

console.log(rect.getBuffer())

// Output:
// Float32Array(8) [
//   -10, -10,  10, -10,
//    10,  10, -10, -10
// ]

ShapeLoop

The ShapeLoop is a shape generated by a loop, it is recommended to return values between a range of -1 and 1

import { ShapeLoop } from '@urpflanze/core'

const circle = new Urpflanze.ShapeLoop({
	sideLength: [10, 10],
	loop: {
		start: 0,
		end: Math.PI * 2,
		inc: (Math.PI * 2) / 100, // (end - start) / 100 for generate 100 points
		vertex: shapeLoopRepetition => [
			// shapeLoopRepetition.current start from 0 and end to 2 PI,
			// so you can use it as a angle
			Math.cos(shapeLoopRepetition.current),
			Math.sin(shapeLoopRepetition.current),
		],
	},
	bClosed: true, // flag to determinate the shape is closed
})

circle.generate()

console.log(circle.getBuffer().length)

// Output:
// 200 / 2 = 100 points

Primitive shapes

In this package there are already some primitive shapes. You can use the static getBuffer method to receive a buffer.

console.log(Urpflanze.Rect.getBuffer(/*{ ...props }*/))
// Float32Array(8) [
//    1,  1, -1,  1,
//   -1, -1,  1, -1
// ]

List of all primitives:

ShapeBuffer

Line Triangle Rect

ShapeLoop

Polygon Circle Lissajous Spiral Rose SuperShape

Modifiers

On primitive shapes you can apply modifiers to the buffer before transformations are applied:

const squircle = new Urpflanze.Rect({
	modifiers: [new Urpflanze.Modifiers.Smooth({ level: 3, tension: 0.3 })],
})

The list of modifiers is:

Adapt: Fit the shape into a rectangle
Close: Adds a close point to the buffer
Mirror: clones the shape on the x, y axes
Offset: Slice of a buffer
Smooth: Makes the shape smoother
Subdivide: Adds midpoints on the edges of the shape
Solidify: (in progress) Tread the edge of the shape

Repetitions

Using Urpflanze you can manage two types of repetitions: ring or matrix.

Ring repetitions

For this type of repetition you can set a numeric value to the repetitions property to indicate the number of times it will repeat and the distance property to indicate the distance from the center.

const rects = new Urpflanze.Rect({
	repetitions: 8,
	distance: 100,
	sideLength: 25,
})

Basically the shapes will be rotated towards the center, if you want to avoid this effect you have to rotate the vorma inversely to the current angle of the repetition.

const rects = new Urpflanze.Rect({
	repetitions: 8,
	sideLength: 25,
	distance: 100,
	rotateZ: ({ repetition }) => -repetition.angle,
})

Matrix repetitions

To repeat the shape as an array, just pass an Array of numbers indicating the number of rows and columns to the repetitions property. The distance property in this case will also be an Array containing the distance between the rows and columns.

const matrix = new Urpflanze.Rect({
	repetitions: [3, 4],
	sideLength: 20,
	distance: [80, 50],
})

Manage repetitions

To manage the repetitions you can pass a function to the properties instead of a constant.

The argument of the function which is of type IPropArguments.

Inside it we find the repetition property which - like any object that implements a IBaseRepetition - contains the following properties:

index the current index, from 1 to count
count the total number of repetitions
offset an index ranging from 0 to 1 which does not depend on the number of repetitions. For example, if the number of repetitions is 3, the offset value will be 0 - 0.5 - 1

For matrix repetitions you can also use repetition.row and repetition.col also of type IBaseRepetition

Repetitions examples

const spiral = new Urpflanze.Rect({
	repetitions: 8,
	sideLength: 25,
	distance: ({ repetition }) => repetition.offset * 100,
	scale: ({ repetition }) => repetition.offset,
})

const matrix = new Urpflanze.Rect({
	repetitions: [4],
	sideLength: 25,
	distance: 50,
	scale: ({ repetition }) => {
		// [0, 0] is center of repetition, you can set value between [-1, -1] (left - top angle) and [1, 1] (right - bottom angle)
		return Urpflanze.distanceFromRepetition(repetition, [0, 0]),
	}
})

List of properties

Encapsulation

To be able to encapsulate a shape you can use the Shape class to which you can pass the property shape which is a ShapePrimitive (ShapeBuffer or ShapeLoop) or a Group.

Shape

const lines = new Urpflanze.Line({
	repetitions: 20,
	sideLength: 25,
	distance: 50,
})

const container = new Urpflanze.Shape({
	shape: lines,

	repetitions: [3], // [3, 3]
	distance: 100,
	scale: 0.5, // scale all repetitions of lines
})

const final = new Urpflanze.Shape({
	shape: container,

	repetitions: 6,
	distance: 120,
	scale: 0.4,
	perspective: 0.99,
	rotateY: Urpflanze.toRadians(60),
})

lines	container	final

Group

const group = new Urpflanze.Group({
	repetitions: 4,
	sideLength: 15,
	distance: 25,
	rotateZ: Urpflanze.toRadians(45),
})

group.add(
	new Urpflanze.Circle(),
	new Urpflanze.Rect(),
	new Urpflanze.Line({
		rotateZ: 0,
	})
)

const shape = new Urpflanze.Shape({
	shape: group,
	repetitions: 8,
	distance: 100,
	rotateZ: ({ repetition }) => -repetition.angle,
})

group	shape

Using repetition property of the encapsulator

You can use the repetition object of whoever encapsulates a shape by setting the shapeUseParent property. This parameter is optional since a new buffer of points will be generated at each repetition of the encapsulator.

const rects = new Urpflanze.Rect({
	repetitions: [5],
	sideLength: 10,
	distance: 20,
	scale: ({ repetition, parent }) => {
		return repetition.offset * parent.repetition.offset
	},
})

const container = new Urpflanze.Shape({
	shapeUseParent: true, // <--
	shape: rects,
	repetitions: [5],
	distance: 50,
	scale: 0.4,
})

Recursion

Another possibility is to use the ShapeRecursive to repeat any Shape on each of its points.

You can use the recursion property of type IRecursionRepetition

const rect = new Urpflanze.Rect({
	sideLength: 50,
})

const container = new Urpflanze.ShapeRecursive({
	// shapeUseRecursion: true,
	// [prop]: ({ recursion }) => ...
	shape: rect,
	recursionScale: 2,
	recursions: 4,
})

ShapeFollow

With the ShapeFollow you can repeat the shape on each point of the follow

In this example we can also see the use of the interpolation function between buffers:

/**
 * Repeat a Polygon on the buffer that morphs from Rect to Star
 *
 * for animation using https://github.com/urpflanze-org/animation
 * and https://github.com/urpflanze-org/drawer-canvas for draw and rendering
 */
const scene = new Urpflanze.Scene()

const [from, to] = Urpflanze.prepareBufferForInterpolation(
	Urpflanze.Rect.getBuffer({
		modifiers: [new Urpflanze.Modifiers.Smooth({ closed: false, tension: 0.3, level: 4 })],
	}),
	Urpflanze.Star.getBuffer({
		spikes: 6,
		innerRadius: 1.3,
		modifiers: [new Urpflanze.Modifiers.Smooth({ closed: false, tension: 0.7, level: 5 })],
	})
)

scene.add(
	new Urpflanze.ShapeFollow({
		shape: new Urpflanze.Polygon({
			sideNumber: 6,
			sideLength: 20,
			rotateZ: t => {
				const d = 2000
				const o = Math.cos(t.parent.follow.offset * Urpflanze.PI2) * 500 // set shapeUseFollor for bind follow IBaseRepetition

				const time = Animation.clock(scene.currentTime, d - o, true, 'normal', o)
				return Animation.Easings.quadraticOut(time, 0, Urpflanze.PI2, d - o)
			},
			drawer: {
				stroke: '#ffffff22',
			},
		}),
		follow: new Urpflanze.ShapeBuffer({
			sideLength: 100,
			shape: () => {
				// Interpolate Rect (from) and Star (to) with easing
				return Urpflanze.interpolate(
					from,
					to,
					Animation.Easings.elasticInOut(Animation.clockOffset(scene.currentTime, 2000), 0, 1, 1, 1.2)
				)
			},
		}),

		shapeUseFollow: true, // use follow repetition in Rect (for rotateZ)
	})
)

const drawer = new DrawerCanvas(scene, document.body, {}, 4000, 24)
drawer.startAnimation()

Vertex Callback

The vertexCallback property is a function that is called at each point of the shape of each repetition.

The function takes 3 arguments:

vertex: [number, number] current vertex
vertexRepetition: IBaseRepetition for the vertices of the current repetition
propArguments: IPropArguments

const rects = new Urpflanze.Rect({
	repetitions: [10, 1],
	sideLength: 100,
	scale: propArguments => propArguments.repetition.row.offset * 0.95 + 0.05,
	modifiers: new Urpflanze.Modifiers.Subdivide({ level: 5 }),
	vertexCallback: (vertex, vertexRepetition, propArguments) => {
		const angle = Math.atan2(vertex[1], vertex[0])

		const x = Math.cos(angle)
		const y = Math.sin(angle)

		const offset = propArguments.repetition.row.offset ** 2 * 20
		const noise = Urpflanze.noise('seed', vertexRepetition.offset * 10) * offset

		vertex[0] += x * noise
		vertex[1] += y * noise
	},
})

Scene

You can use the shapes independently or you can add them to a scene. When a shape is added to the scene it will be arranged in the center of it, adding an offset to all points.

Use without the scene:

const rect = new Urpflanze.Rect({ sideLength: 25 })
rect.generate()

console.log(rect.getBounding())
// Output:
//
// { cx: 0, cy: 0, x: -25, y: -25, width: 50, height: 50 }
// # left, top point: (-25, -25) | right, bottom point: (25, 25)

Using the scene:

const scene = new Urpflanze.Scene({ width: 100, height: 100 })
const rect = new Urpflanze.Rect({ sideLength: 25 })
scene.add(rect)
scene.update()

console.log(rect.getBounding())
// Output:
//
// {
//	cx: 50, cy: 50, 	  # Center of scene
//	x: 25, y: 25,  		  # Center of scene - sideLength
//	width: 50, height: 50 # sideLength * 2
// }
// # left, top point: (25, 25) | right, bottom point: (75, 75)

Simple Drawer

When you call the generate() method on a shape a buffer of type Array<IBufferIndex> is created containing the information on the current repetition of shape and the reference index of the total buffer (getBuffer())

if repetitions are statica (and ShapeLoop has static loop) the IndexedBuffer will only generate once.

// scene.add(...)

const time = Date.now()

scene.currentTime = time
const sceneChilds = scene.getChildren()
for(let i = 0, len = sceneChilds.length; i < len; i++) {
	// Generate Buffer and IndexedBuffer
	sceneChilds[i].generate(time, true)

	// Buffer of indexing (https://docs.urpflanze.org/core/#/ref/IBufferIndex)
	const childIndexedBuffer = sceneChilds[i].getIndexedBuffer()
	const childBuffer = sceneChilds[i].getBuffer()

	let childVertexIndex = 0

	for (let currentBufferIndex = 0, currentBufferIndex < childIndexedBuffer.length; currentBufferIndex++) {
		const currentIndexing = childIndexedBuffer[currentBufferIndex]

		beginPath()
		moveTo(childBuffer[childVertexIndex], childBuffer[childVertexIndex + 1])

		childVertexIndex += 2
		for (let currentFrameLength = childVertexIndex + currentIndexing.frameLength - 2; childVertexIndex < currentFrameLength; childVertexIndex += 2)
			lineTo(childBuffer[childVertexIndex], childBuffer[childVertexIndex + 1])

		if (currentIndexing.shape.isClosed())
			closePath()

		fillOrStrokePath()
	}
}

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Synopsis

Motivations

Donate

Menu

Installation

Creating a shape

ShapeBuffer

ShapeLoop

Primitive shapes

ShapeBuffer

ShapeLoop

Modifiers

Repetitions

Ring repetitions

Matrix repetitions

Manage repetitions

Repetitions examples

List of properties

Encapsulation

Shape

Group

Using repetition property of the encapsulator

Recursion

ShapeFollow

Vertex Callback

Scene

Simple Drawer

Examples