Modifier Studies

Overview

Sixteen studies, one definition. Columns are the attractor: one point, three points, one curve and two curves, where each cell answers to the nearest. Rows are the solution: scale; scale and rotate; scale, rotate and cull; and extrude. Everything else is held the same so the attractor is the only thing that changes across a row: every study runs one Square Grid, size 10, over its own 120 × 120 in region (144 cells), and every attractor sits in the same place on its tile.

Only the start of each chain differs. Point Remap or Curve Remap measures each cell to the attractor and gives 0 nearest and 1 furthest; from those values on, a row is identical across its four columns, so swapping the attractor changes one component.

Scale

Each cell scales about its centre from 0.25 nearest the attractor to 0.95 furthest from it.

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  Point

  ---

  Square Grid → Point Remap → Value Remap → Scale by Values

  1 point / 144 cells

  Full Size
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  Multipoint

  ---

  Square Grid → Point Remap → Value Remap → Scale by Values

  3 points / 144 cells

  Full Size
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  Curve

  ---

  Square Grid → Curve Remap → Value Remap → Scale by Values

  1 curve / 144 cells

  Full Size
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  Multicurve

  ---

  Square Grid → Curve Remap → Value Remap → Scale by Values

  2 curves / 144 cells

  Full Size

Scale + Rotate

Scaled as above, then turned by a second remap of the same values: 45° nearest the attractor to 0° furthest from it.

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  Point

  ---

  Square Grid → Point Remap → Value Remap → Scale by Values → Rotate by Values

  1 point / 144 cells

  Full Size
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  Multipoint

  ---

  Square Grid → Point Remap → Value Remap → Scale by Values → Rotate by Values

  3 points / 144 cells

  Full Size
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  Curve

  ---

  Square Grid → Curve Remap → Value Remap → Scale by Values → Rotate by Values

  1 curve / 144 cells

  Full Size
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  Multicurve

  ---

  Square Grid → Curve Remap → Value Remap → Scale by Values → Rotate by Values

  2 curves / 144 cells

  Full Size

Scale + Rotate + Cull

Scaled and turned as above, then Percent Cull removes 60% of the cells beyond 0.35 of the distance range, picked at random (seed 3). The culled cells stay in grey.

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  Point

  ---

  Square Grid → Point Remap → Scale by Values → Rotate by Values → Percent Cull

  1 point / 86 of 144 kept

  Full Size
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  Multipoint

  ---

  Square Grid → Point Remap → Scale by Values → Rotate by Values → Percent Cull

  3 points / 88 of 144 kept

  Full Size
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  Curve

  ---

  Square Grid → Curve Remap → Scale by Values → Rotate by Values → Percent Cull

  1 curve / 113 of 144 kept

  Full Size
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  Multicurve

  ---

  Square Grid → Curve Remap → Scale by Values → Rotate by Values → Percent Cull

  2 curves / 104 of 144 kept

  Full Size

Extrude

Each cell becomes a capped solid, 36 in tall nearest the attractor down to 4 in furthest from it.

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  Point

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  Square Grid → Point Remap → Value Remap → Unit Z → Extrude → Cap Holes

  1 point / 144 solids

  Full Size
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  Multipoint

  ---

  Square Grid → Point Remap → Value Remap → Unit Z → Extrude → Cap Holes

  3 points / 144 solids

  Full Size
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  Curve

  ---

  Square Grid → Curve Remap → Value Remap → Unit Z → Extrude → Cap Holes

  1 curve / 144 solids

  Full Size
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  Multicurve

  ---

  Square Grid → Curve Remap → Value Remap → Unit Z → Extrude → Cap Holes

  2 curves / 144 solids

  Full Size