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Physics Simulation and Swarm Examples

     Swarm Example 2 (requires iGeo version 7.6.0 or higher)

The codes below show examples of use of the swarm algorithm to create clustering volumes.

The first code below describes a swarm agent class MyBoid and this agent draws profile polygon lines around the agent's position instead of drawing trace lines behind. The number of vertices of the polygon lines is defined by the variable of pointNum in MyBoid class. Each vertex of the polygon is calculated by rotating points around the velocity vector of the agent.

add_library('igeo')

def setup() : 
    size(480, 360, IG.GL)
    IG.duration(170)
    num = 16
    for i in range(num) : 
        #circular configuration
        MyBoid(IG.v(80,0,0).rot(PI*2/num*i), \
               IG.v(-IRand.get(20,40),0,i%2*20-10).rot(PI*2/num*i+PI/4)).fric(0.001).clr(IRand.gray())
    Attractor(IG.v(0,0,0))

class MyBoid(IBoid) : 
    def __init__(self, p, v) : 
        IBoid.__init__(self,p,v) 
        self.cohesionDist(60)
        self.cohesionRatio(5)
        self.separationDist(50)
        self.separationRatio(8)
        self.alignmentDist(40)
        self.alignmentRatio(0)
    
    def update(self) : #drawing line
        radius = 3
        pointNum = 5
        points = []
        for i in range(pointNum) : 
            axis = self.vel().cross(IG.zaxis)
            axis.len(radius)
            axis.rot(self.vel(), 2*PI/pointNum*i)
            points.append(self.pos().cp(axis))
        
        for i in range(pointNum) : 
            ICurve(points[i], points[(i+1)%pointNum]).clr(self.clr())

class Attractor(IAgent) : 
    def __init__(self, p) : 
        self.pos = p
    
    def interact(self, agents) : 
        attraction = 0.4 
        for agent in agents : 
            if isinstance(agent, MyBoid) :
                frc = agent.pos().dif(self.pos).mul(attraction)
                agent.pull(frc)

The next code controls the radius of polygon by time and connects profile polygon lines with diagonal lines creating truss connections.

add_library('igeo')

def setup() : 
    size(480, 360, IG.GL)
    IG.duration(170)
    num = 16
    for i in range(num) : 
        #circular configuration
        MyBoid(IG.v(80,0,0).rot(PI*2/num*i), \
               IG.v(-IRand.get(20,40),0,i%2*20-10).rot(PI*2/num*i+PI/4)).fric(0.001).clr(IRand.gray())
    Attractor(IG.v(0,0,0))

class MyBoid(IBoid) : 
    def __init__(self, p, v) : 
        IBoid.__init__(self,p,v) 
        self.prevPoints = None
        self.cohesionDist(60)
        self.cohesionRatio(5)
        self.separationDist(50)
        self.separationRatio(8)
        self.alignmentDist(40)
        self.alignmentRatio(0)
    
    def update(self) : #drawing line
        radius = sin(IG.time()*0.1)*2 + 3 #changing radius by time
        pointNum = 5
        points = []
        for i in range(pointNum) : 
            axis = self.vel().cross(IG.zaxis)
            axis.len(radius)
            axis.rot(self.vel(), 2*PI/pointNum*i)
            points.append(self.pos().cp(axis))
        
        if self.prevPoints is not None : 
            for i in range(pointNum) : 
                ICurve(points[i], points[(i+1)%pointNum]).clr(self.clr())
                ICurve(points[i], self.prevPoints[(i+1)%pointNum]).clr(self.clr())
                ICurve(points[i], self.prevPoints[i]).clr(self.clr())
        self.prevPoints = points

class Attractor(IAgent) : 
    def __init__(self, p) : 
        self.pos = p
    
    def interact(self, agents) : 
        attraction = 0.4 
        for agent in agents : 
            if isinstance(agent, MyBoid) :
                frc = agent.pos().dif(self.pos).mul(attraction)
                agent.pull(frc)

The code below shows an algorithm to interconnect trajectories of swarm agents. The swarm agent draws lines not only to other swarm agents' position but also to the past trajectories of other agents. To keep the information of past trajectories, a new agent class Anchor is introduced. Each swarm agent of MyBoid class puts an instance of Anchor at its position of the moment. This Anchor agent stays at the position checking other swarm agents and if other agents are coming close enough, it draws lines to them. This check of other swarm agents is done by this line.
        if(boid!=parent && dist < 18 && dist > 8 ){
It checks if it's not the parent swarm agent and if the distance is smaller than 18 and also larger than 8 (not to draw too short lines), the Anchor agent draws a line to the MyBoid agent.

add_library('igeo')

def setup() : 
    size(480, 360, IG.GL)
    IG.duration(170)
    IG.bg(0)
    num = 16
    for i in range(num) : 
        #circular configuration
        MyBoid(IG.v(80,0,0).rot(PI*2/num*i), \
               IG.v(-IRand.get(20,40),0,i%2*20-10).rot(PI*2/num*i+PI/4)).fric(0.001).clr(IRand.gray(48))
    Attractor(IG.v(0,0,0))

class Anchor(IAgent) : 
    def __init__(self, b) : 
        self.parent = b
        self.pos = b.pos().cp()
    
    def interact(self, agents) : 
        for agent in agents : 
            if isinstance(agent, MyBoid) : 
                dist = agent.pos().dist(self.pos)
                if agent is not self.parent and dist < 18 and dist > 8 : 
                    ICurve(agent.pos().cp(), self.pos).clr(self.parent.clr())

class MyBoid(IBoid) : 
    def __init__(self, p, v) : 
        IBoid.__init__(self,p,v) 
        self.prevPos = None
        self.cohesionDist(60)
        self.cohesionRatio(5)
        self.separationDist(50)
        self.separationRatio(8)
        self.alignmentDist(40)
        self.alignmentRatio(0)
    
    def update(self) : #drawing line
        Anchor(self) #leaving an anchor behind
        curPos = self.pos().cp()
        if self.prevPos is not None : 
            ICurve(self.prevPos, curPos).clr(self.clr())
        self.prevPos = curPos

class Attractor(IAgent) : 
    def __init__(self, p) : 
        self.pos = p
    
    def interact(self, agents) : 
        attraction = 0.4 
        for agent in agents : 
            if isinstance(agent, MyBoid) :
                frc = agent.pos().dif(self.pos).mul(attraction)
                agent.pull(frc)

The code below combines the algorithm to create polygon truss geometries and the another algorithm to interconnect trajectories of swarm agents. The connection line of trajectories are drawn from the vertices of the truss geometries and the line is drawn as a closed polygon mesh geometry by the method IG.meshSquareStick(pt1, pt2, size).

add_library('igeo')

def setup() : 
    size(480, 360, IG.GL)
    IG.duration(170)
    IG.bg(0)
    num = 16
    for i in range(num) : 
        #circular configuration
        MyBoid(IG.v(80,0,0).rot(PI*2/num*i), \
               IG.v(-IRand.get(20,40),0,i%2*20-10).rot(PI*2/num*i+PI/4)).fric(0.001).clr(IRand.gray(48))
    Attractor(IG.v(0,0,0))

class Anchor(IAgent) : 
    def __init__(self, b) : 
        self.parent = b;
        self.pos = b.pos().cp()
        self.points = b.points
    
    def interact(self, agents) : 
        for agent in agents : 
            if isinstance(agent, MyBoid) :
                dist = agent.pos().dist(self.pos)
                if agent is not self.parent and dist < 18 and dist > 8 : 
                    meshSize = 0.5
                    r = sin(IG.time()*0.1)*0.1+0.3
                    g = 0.2
                    b = sin(IG.time()*0.1)*0.4+0.6
                    for i in range(len(self.points)) : 
                        if IRand.pct(40) : #only 40%
                            IG.meshSquareStick(agent.points[i],self.points[i],meshSize).clr(r,g,b)

class MyBoid(IBoid) : 
    def __init__(self, p, v) : 
        IBoid.__init__(self,p,v) 
        self.points = None
        self.prevPoints = None
        self.cohesionDist(60)
        self.cohesionRatio(5)
        self.separationDist(50)
        self.separationRatio(8)
        self.alignmentDist(40)
        self.alignmentRatio(0)
    
    def update(self) : #drawing line
        if self.time()%2==0 : #adjusting interval
            pointNum = 3
            self.points = []
            radius = sin(IG.time()*0.1)*2 + 3 #changing radius by time
            for i in range(pointNum) : 
                axis = self.vel().cross(IG.zaxis)
                axis.len(radius)
                axis.rot(self.vel(), 2*PI/pointNum*i)
                self.points.append(self.pos().cp(axis))
            
            Anchor(self) #leaving an anchor behind
            
            meshSize = 0.5
            r = sin(IG.time()*0.1)*0.1+0.3
            g = 0.2
            b = sin(IG.time()*0.1)*0.4+0.6
            if self.prevPoints is not None : 
                for i in range(pointNum) : 
                    IG.meshSquareStick(self.points[i], self.prevPoints[i], meshSize).clr(r,g,b)
                    IG.meshSquareStick(self.points[i], self.prevPoints[(i+1)%pointNum], meshSize).clr(r,g,b)
                    IG.meshSquareStick(self.points[i], self.points[(i+1)%pointNum], meshSize).clr(r,g,b)
            
            self.prevPoints = self.points


class Attractor(IAgent) : 
    def __init__(self, p) : 
        self.pos = p
    
    def interact(self, agents) : 
        attraction = 0.4 
        for agent in agents : 
            if isinstance(agent, MyBoid) :
                frc = agent.pos().dif(self.pos).mul(attraction)
                agent.pull(frc)

The image below shows rendered geometries.


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