@unearthed said:
I haven't tried this yet as I'm on the road but have been hoping poisson distribution would get scripted for SU. A while ago ago I posted this query http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=323%26amp;t=55779%26amp;hilit=+poisson .
Did not see your post, distributing plants is certainly something I also thought of before! Not sure about Poisson Sampling with ruby, was thinking going the other way - a more performant solution using OpenCL or CUDA - because sampling is quite numerically intensive. 😉
@unearthed said:
Currently when I want these (for 'random' planting layouts) I run them in R and export to dxf - Your method offers possibility of saving two steps and keeping everything 'in house'. One extra though - would you be able to add a ratio for each different component so as to get an effect as in the link's first image?
Right, the percentage of the total samples for each component? I could certainly do this, perhaps I will make an update this weekend if there is time.
As with regards to using different radii (for each sample/plant to have a different minimum radius), as also mentioned in your other post - I will see how quickly it can be done, perhaps if it takes more than a few hours (if done efficiently!) I'll think of releasing a commercial plugin.
Greetings