curve attractor

Hi, I would like to create a definition that attracts (or repels) curves themselves. Normally it seems the attractor acts on points at the center of the cells in a diagrid for example.. Is there a way to have the attractor act directly on a group of cells of whatever shape?

Thanks

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Permalink Reply by taz on April 14, 2010 at 9:22am

Check out isopotential maps.

Permalink Reply by WoodDuck on April 14, 2010 at 10:00am

Thanks - this is very cool.. I wonder if this could be adapted to work on any geometry? For example if I had a packing of various sized circles and wanted to apply positive or negative charges here and there to move and distort them..

I'm thinking of something like the attractors in Paneling Tools where you can create your geometry and then apply the attractor. That works great because you can use your own geometry but the drawback is it has to be in a grid pattern in order to be paneled - I would like a bit more freedom in the geometry layout if possible..

Cheers

Permalink Reply by taz on April 14, 2010 at 10:14am

To do something like that you could draw your circle pattern with respect to a reference surface and then try to remap (via uv coordinates) your circles to a distorted surface. I think that could work.

Some other examples that came to mind:

http://livecomponents-ny.com/2010/01/01/study-landscaping-mesh/

http://spacesymmetrystructure.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/jellyfish-fo...

Permalink Reply by WoodDuck on April 15, 2010 at 3:32pm

Very nice, thanks for the ideas. Now for some experimenting...

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