percolation sections

dynamic gear update

update:

here is a video update of the gear rotated with dynamic animation using particles

Fountain

Here is a screen shot of an animation of a fountain I made using particles

dynamic gear rotated by particles

i have been trying to use particles as a dynamic force within maya to simulate brownian motion.

i was able to create particles with a turbulent force acting upon them which i could use to simulate the air or liquid particles which cause brownian motion, but have been unable to find out how to make the particles move a rigid body, in attempt to be able to do this i completed this tutorial which rotates a gear using particles under a gravitation force field.  i created a script for this gear and placed it along with the maya file in the courses drive in the directory:

Spring 08 Courses/COURSES/326C_pattern formation/Brownian Motion

Loop, Rotate, Weave

The script generates a polysurface and then copies, offsets and rotates it until the final polysurface in the sequence is generated. Then the weave script creates a weave for the topmost polysurface.

snowflake

Bibliography

The following books are on reserve in the library:

Kostas Terzidis Algorithmic Architecture Oxford ; Burlington, MA : Architectural Press, 2006. NA2728 .T44 2006

Kostas Terzidis Expressive Form: a Conceptual Approach to Computational Design London; New York : Spon Press, 2003. NA2500 .T46 2003

Anthony Burke and Therese Tierney, (eds) Network Practices: New Strategies in Architecture and Design New York : Princeton Architectural Press, c2007 NA2543.T43 N48 2007

Therese Tierney Abstract Space: Beneath the Media Surface London; New York: Taylor & Francis, 2007. NA2584 .T54 2007

Dollens, Dennis Digital-Botanic Architecture Santa Fe : SITES Books ; St. Paul,, c2005. NA2500 .D65 2005

Neil Leach, David Turnbull, Chris Williams (eds) Digital Tectonics Chichester; Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Academy, 2004. NA2750 .D464 2004

Iannis Xenakis Formalized Music: Thought and Mathematics in Composition Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon Press, c1992 ML3800 X24 1992

Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1987 B77 D413 1987

Manuel De Landa A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History New York: Zone Books, 1997. Q174.8 .D43 1997

M.A.J. Chaplain, G.D. Singh, J.C. McLachlan. (eds) On Growth and Form: Spatio-temporal Pattern Formation in Biology Chichester, England ; New York : John Wiley & Sons, c1999. QH491 .O5 1999

Thompson, D'Arcy W. On Growth and Form Cambridge: University Press, 1952 QP84 T4 1952 v1, QP84 T4 1952 v2

Also take a look at the following AD issues:

-Programming Cultures: Architecture, Art and Science in the Age of Software Development (2006)
-Collective Intelligence in Design (2006)
-Emergence: Morphogenetic Design Strategies (2004)
-Techniques and Technologies in Morphogenetic Design (2006)