connect_centers_nearest_modified 2

Here's a little tutorial about the script that I uploaded yesterday.
The source objects are the brush objects in Fig.1.  The red one is the foreground (last drawn).  And the distance between the farthest removed objects is about 88pt.
Select all the brush objects, then run the script.
A prompt dialog appears.  Input 80 and hit OK.
Fig.2 is the result.  Paths are separated because the distance between the nearest object is longer than the specified value (80pt).

connect_centers_nearest_modified

I thought about how to create the objects to connect these centers by the script that I wrote previous time. And remembered a software Voronoi Stippler that I used a few years ago. (For some reason, it seems that it is unavailable for download now.)

I made the objects from an image with this tool, then applied the connect_centers_nearest.js script to them ... and got an error due to the upper limit of the number of points that setEntirePath function allows.

So I rewrote a part of the script as follows. Then I ran it again.

//path.setEntirePath(points);
for(i=0; i<points.length; i++){
with(path.pathPoints.add()){
anchor = points[i];
rightDirection = anchor;
leftDirection = anchor;
}
}

It seemed to be interesting. But it looked also like an ugly entangled string. So I implemented the idea of the maximum distance of the line to the script. If the distance between the points is longer than the limit, the script finishes the path and begins a new path from the next point.

This seems to be good? I posted this script at the end of this article.

In the archive, the script with .js extention is for windows. And .jsx is for Mac. When you run this script, you are asked the maximum distance in point. (Actually, it is the maximum squared distance. This is not appropriate. But I leave it as it is for now.)

Talking about the code, I put 0 instead of the coordinate [x, y], at the point that separates the paths.

download: aics_script_connect_centers_nearest_modified2.zip -> http://shspage.com/ex/files.html

2011.06.12 -- fixes length_limit to be squared