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#118413 The versatile Shape Builder (updated 05/08/14 - now with diagonal lines)

Posted by uberadiant on 17 May 2013 - 10:43 AM in Turtle Programs

I use the following -

http://oranj.io/blog...SphereGenerator

http://www.plotz.co.uk/plotz.php

http://donatstudios....CircleGenerator


I had a very quick look at the source for the third one. There's a link to a github repository, and the code for the generator is there. Also, the licence seems to indicate that it is open source, so could be useful! And you're right, the radius I used was 6.



#117956 Ellipse Dome Builder

Posted by uberadiant on 15 May 2013 - 06:37 AM in Turtle Programs

Thanks, I hadn't thought of using ordinary coal actually. I must be too used to all the modded stuff to consider regular fuel!



#117954 The versatile Shape Builder (updated 05/08/14 - now with diagonal lines)

Posted by uberadiant on 15 May 2013 - 06:35 AM in Turtle Programs

Thanks for the reply :)

I understand it's not a particularly important issue, and please don't make this a priority over anything else you might be doing. As I said, I'm just really picky. Admittedly, I've only tried it using circles with relatively small radii. I haven't attempted to create 100m radius circles or anything like that yet (the idea of waiting ages for the turtle to do it's thing to only then find out it's not exactly to my ridiculously pedantic standards and have to destroy it...me no likey that thought).

As for me trying to alter the code...I used to be a barely competent programmer, but to be honest it's something that I find a bit boring, so I'll leave it to the experts! If I could maybe make a (possibly silly) suggestion, maybe have a look at the online circle/sphere generators and see if you can see at a glance how they do the maths. Just a thought, and only if you think it might help, of course :)

Thanks for having a look at it though, I appreciate it a lot :)



#117773 Ellipse Dome Builder

Posted by uberadiant on 14 May 2013 - 11:08 AM in Turtle Programs

I've encountered an issue with your program (see screenshot below). I've tried with fuel turned off, turned on, with no fuel, with no blocks, everything I can think of. Is there something stupid I'm doing wrong?

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#117770 The versatile Shape Builder (updated 05/08/14 - now with diagonal lines)

Posted by uberadiant on 14 May 2013 - 11:04 AM in Turtle Programs

Hi guys, I've been following this for a little while but I have to point something out.

The circles that the turtle builds aren't very...umm, well, round. I understand that this code has come from another program but I think it should be mentioned (there is a pic below to illustrate this). I'm building a Star Trek museum world so as you can imagine, circles and ellipses have to be spot on for there to be any semblance of accuracy. Not sure if it's something that anyone feels is worth fixing, but thought I would point it out anyway. The various sphere generators available online all render circles almost perfectly, depending on the radius obviously. However, when I'm trying to create circles with radii of dozens or hundreds of metres, building them manually is both extremely tedious and horrifically time consuming.


Please don't take this is a criticism of anyone's work! The fact that you guys create these programs for others to use is great! I'm just being picky :P

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