DesOrdres

This is my attempt to recreate (Des)Ordres, 1974 by Vera Molnár.

Original Work by Molnár

Example Outputs from This Project

Example 1

Example 2

Note that each color is separated in the output SVG on its own Inkscape layer for use in plotter drawings (e.g., AxiDraw)

Command Line Usage

From a set of input parameters, generate an SVG file with panels of a random number of rectangles with random offsets of vertices.

python polygons.py -h generates a list of command line options.

usage: polygons.py [-h] [--width WIDTH] [--height HEIGHT] [-m M_ROWS] [-n N_COLS] [--n_colors N_COLORS] [--colors COLORS [COLORS ...]] [--n_polygons N_POLYGONS] [-j PCT_JITTER_VERTICES] [-r RANDOM_SEED] [-o OUTPUT_FILE_BASENAME] [--append_datetime]

optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit --width WIDTH drawing width in pixels --height HEIGHT drawing height in pixels -m M_ROWS, --m_rows M_ROWS count of rows -n N_COLS, --n_cols N_COLS count of columns --n_colors N_COLORS number of colors to use --colors COLORS [COLORS ...] list of hex colors e.g., #00FF00 #0000FF #FFFF00 #FF0000. Overrides n_colors. --n_polygons N_POLYGONS Count of polygons per panel -j PCT_JITTER_VERTICES, --pct_jitter_vertices PCT_JITTER_VERTICES max amount of polygon vertices to jitter as percentage of polygon height/width e.g., 0.01 -r RANDOM_SEED, --random_seed RANDOM_SEED Seed for random generators -o OUTPUT_FILE_BASENAME, --output_file_basename OUTPUT_FILE_BASENAME Output file basename --append_datetime append unix timestamp to filename