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Polygonal Archimedean Spiraling

CRcrkcity•Created January 18, 2023
Polygonal Archimedean Spiraling
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Find turn angles creating patterns you like. Clean intervals like 90, 120, 60 make simple shapes. Non-whole number angles are much more fun.

Description

Polygonal Archimedean spirals or just "polygonal spirals." Uses very little code. Extends my 9 code blocks: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/778587997/ Angle 90 makes a square Archimedean spiral (each pair of spiral coils is equidistant from previous pair). Angle 60 makes a hexagonal Archimedean spiral. Angle 10 is almost a circular one. I prefer non-whole number angles. Pen starts at center, turns "angle" for "step size" distance. Step size increases. 60 degrees makes a hexagonal spirals. At angle 90, you'll see squarish spirals, and so on. Between these clean angles you'll see more interesting spirals. Music from old movie Vertigo, but a midi version.

Project Details

Project ID790231473
CreatedJanuary 18, 2023
Last ModifiedApril 1, 2024
SharedJanuary 26, 2023
Visibilityvisible
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