Fractal Tree

roryclaasen.github.io/fractal-tree

p5 visualisation of a Fractal Tree.

Contents

• Examples
• Options
• Branches
• License

Examples

Options

• Tree
  • Tree.Length
  • Tree.Max_Branches
  • Tree.Angle
  • Tree.Branch_Multiplier
  • Tree.Reset
• Mutate
  • Mutate.Active
  • Mutate.Branch
  • Mutate.Angle
  • Mutate.Branch_Multiplier
  • Mutate.Make
  • Mutate.Reset
• Transform
  • Transform.X_Offset
  • Transform.Y_Offset
  • Transform.Scale
  • Transform.Rotate
  • Transform.Center
  • Transform.Reset
• Appearance
  • Appearance.Saturation
  • Appearance.Brightness
  • Appearance.Gradient
  • Appearance.Weight
  • Appearance.Background
  • Appearance.Leaves
  • Appearance.Mirror
  • Appearance.Reset
• Save

Tree.Length

Type	Default	Min	Max
Number	200	0	500

The length of the starting branch

Tree.Max_Branches

Type	Default	Min	Max
Number	10	1	20

How many steps of branches are there

Tree.Angle

Type	Default	Min	Max
Number	0.7	-PI	PI

The angle of each child branch

Tree.Branch_Multiplier

Type	Default	Min	Max
Number	0.6	0.1	2

Child branch length multiplier based of parent branch

Tree.Reset

Type
Button

Resets all Tree options to default values

Mutate.Active

Type	Default
Boolean	false

If the tree will get mutated or not

Mutate.Branch

Type	Default	Min	Max
Number	2	0	2

Percentage chance of the child Branches being created

Mutate.Angle

Type	Default	Min	Max
Number	0	0	PI

Intensity of angle interference

Example

tree.angle += Math.random() * mutate.angle;

Mutate.Branch_Multiplier

Type	Default	Min	Max
Number	0	0	1

Intensity of angle interference

Example

tree.branchMultiplier += ((Math.random() * 2) - 1) * mutate.branchMultiplier;

Mutate.Make

Type
Button

Regenerates the tree with new values

Mutate.Reset

Type
Button

Resets all Mutate options to default values

Transform.X_Offset

Type	Default	Min	Max
Number	0	-width	width

Translate the Tree on the X axis

Transform.Y_Offset

Type	Default	Min	Max
Number	0	-height	height

Translate the Tree on the Y axis

Transform.Scale

Type	Default	Min	Max
Number	1	0	5

Scale the Tree

Transform.Rotate

Type	Default	Min	Max
Number	0	-PI	PI

Rotate the Tree around the root of the tree

Transform.Center

Type
Button

Button to set the offsets centrally on the screen

Transform.Reset

Type
Button

Resets all Transform options to default values

Appearance.Saturation

Type	Default	Min	Max
Number	360	0	360

The saturation of the branch color

For white colored branches set this to 0

Appearance.Brightness

Type	Default	Min	Max
Number	360	0	360

The brightness of the branch color

Appearance.Gradient

Type	Default
Boolean	false

Branches colors will blend from one branch to the next

Appearance.Weight

Type	Default	Min	Max
Number	1	1	15

Stroke Weight of the lines being drawn

Appearance.Background

Type	Default
Color	#000000

Background color of the window

Appearance.Leaves

Type	Default
Boolean	true

Shows white dots on the ends of all the end branches

Appearance.Mirror

Type	Default	Options
String	off	'off', 'y', 'x y'

Mirrors the Tree on other axis. Start point remains the same

Appearance.Reset

Type
Button

Resets all Appearance options to default values

Save

Type
Button

Saves the current drawing as a PNG file

Branches

Branch	Travis CI	Server
Master		GitHub Pages

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the license file for details