Is there a repository for L-System rules. I am looking to see how rules files look for tree making.


Dave Rindner

Err, can't really help you with your question, sorry, but I found this last night. I can't read Korean so it's not very useful to me, but what the heck…

http://www.houdini.co.kr/tutorial/lsystem/lsys2.html [houdini.co.kr]
http://www.houdini.co.kr/userguide/l-system/l-system-1.htm [houdini.co.kr]

I assume you already know about the Lsystem presets?

i don't know if you're asking for a place of already predifined rules for specific plants or a place of what rules you can use to create whatever you had in mind, but if it's the latter than the sop quick help ‘?’ button will give you all the rules you can use.

plus the geo doc is a great place to learn all the funcs of houdini's l-system.. it's actually probably one of the most well documented things in houdini.

if you're going for a specific looking tree, i would draw it out and write down the rules needed for each step throughout it's growth..

hth,
dave

p.s. getting back to the first thing i mentioned… it's been talked about before how it would be nice to have a collection of them that anyone could take from and use or even post new ones.. i still have yet to find anything like that now but depending on what happens to me in the upcoming months career wise, i am considering starting one up around fall or so.

DaJuice
Err, can't really help you with your question, sorry, but I found this last night. I can't read Korean so it's not very useful to me, but what the heck…

http://www.houdini.co.kr/tutorial/lsystem/lsys2.html [houdini.co.kr]
http://www.houdini.co.kr/userguide/l-system/l-system-1.htm [houdini.co.kr]

The L-System commands will be in English. (F F F) etc

And you can try out
http://babelfish.altavista.com/ [babelfish.altavista.com]
It has a Korean -> English translator.

In addition you can always check out

The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0387972978/qid=1082919062/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/102-0569592-0471328?v=glance&s=books [amazon.com]

jim.

Presets:
- Click on the collapsed toolbar in the parameters pane of an LSystem SOP right underneath the question mark icon.
- Click on the Presets menu.
- Choose one of them.
- Note that some are animated like the Dandelion.

ok store your L-System tips and Rules here :arrow: http://www.odforce.net/odwiki/index.php/L-Systems [odforce.net]

You wanted it, you got it, now use it!

To edit it just sign into od with your name like this :arrow: JhonSmith and use your real name to keep things open, accountable and honest.

ahh great idea meshsmooth.. perfect place for it too…