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Rebecca Sutton Koeser
Lead Research Software Engineer @Princeton-CDH. Previously software engineer at @emory-libraries and contributor to @ecds, @emory-lits-labs
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Feb 2, 2023
Fork of svg leaf sketches
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height = 100

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maxLeafWidth = 40
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// convenience function to draw a row of leaves with various options
function drawRowOfLeaves(showPoints=false, rotate=false, curveFunction=d3.curveNatural) {
const svg = d3.create("svg")
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height);

// get initial sizes from inputs

let x = 30;
while (x < width) {
drawLeaf(x, svg, showPoints, rotate, curveFunction);
x += maxLeafWidth * 1.5;
}
return svg.node();
}
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// draw some leaves
drawRowOfLeaves()
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// draw leaves and show the points used to draw them
drawRowOfLeaves(true)
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function plusOrMinus(x) {
return randomNumBetween(x, -x);
}
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function cointoss() {
// randomly return true or false; based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/60322877/9706217
return Math.random() < 0.5;
}
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chartPoints = {
const svg = d3.create("svg")
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height + 10);

drawLeaf(30, svg, true);

return svg.node()
}
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// don't show points, do rotate
drawRowOfLeaves(false, true)
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drawRowOfLeaves(false, false, d3.curveNatural)
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drawRowOfLeaves(true, false, d3.curveNatural)
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drawRowOfLeaves(false, false, d3.curveBasis)
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drawRowOfLeaves(true, false, d3.curveBasis)
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drawRowOfLeaves(false, false, d3.curveBumpY)
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drawRowOfLeaves(true, false, d3.curveBumpY)
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drawRowOfLeaves(false, false, d3.curveBundle)
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drawRowOfLeaves(true, false, d3.curveBundle)
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drawRowOfLeaves(false, false, d3.curveCardinal)
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drawRowOfLeaves(true, false, d3.curveCardinal)
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drawRowOfLeaves(false, false, d3.curveCatmullRom)
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drawRowOfLeaves(true, false, d3.curveCatmullRom)
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drawRowOfLeaves(false, false, d3.curveMonotoneY)
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drawRowOfLeaves(true, false, d3.curveMonotoneY)
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drawRowOfLeaves(false, false, d3.curveLinear)
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