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URAP, September 16, 2013URAP, September 16, 2013
Carlo H. Séquin
University of California, Berkeley
The Beauty of Knots
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My Background: Geometry ! My Background: Geometry !
Descriptive Geometry – love since high school
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Descriptive GeometryDescriptive Geometry
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40 Years of Geometry and Design40 Years of Geometry and Design
CCD TV Camera Soda Hall
RISC 1 Computer Chip Octa-Gear (Cyberbuild)
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More Recent CreationsMore Recent Creations
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Frank Smullin (1943 – 1983) Frank Smullin (1943 – 1983)
Tubular sculptures;
Apple II program for
calculating intersections.
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Frank Smullin:Frank Smullin: “ The Granny knot has more artistic merits
than the square knot because it is more 3D;its ends stick out in tetrahedral fashion... ”
Square Knot Granny Knot
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Granny Knot as a Building BlockGranny Knot as a Building Block
4 tetrahedral links ...
like a carbon atom ...
can be assembled intoa diamond-lattice ...
... leads to the “Granny-Knot-Lattice”
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Granny Knot Lattice (1981)Granny Knot Lattice (1981)
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The Strands in the G.K.L.The Strands in the G.K.L.
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Capturing Geometry ProcedurallyCapturing Geometry Procedurally
Collaboration with sculptor Brent Collins: “Hyperbolic Hexagon” 1994 “Hyperbolic Hexagon II”, 1996 “Heptoroid”, 1998
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The Process: (The Process: (For Scherk-Collins ToroidsFor Scherk-Collins Toroids))
InspirationalModel
GenerativeParadigm
ComputerProgram
Many NewModels
Insight,Analysis
Math,Geometry
Selection,Design
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Brent Collins: Brent Collins: Hyperbolic HexagonHyperbolic Hexagon
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ScherkScherk’’s 2nd Minimal Surfaces 2nd Minimal Surface
2 planes: the central core 4 planes:bi-ped saddles 4-way saddles
= “Scherk tower”
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ScherkScherk’’s 2nd Minimal Surfaces 2nd Minimal Surface
Normal“biped”saddles
Generalization to higher-order saddles(monkey saddle)“Scherk Tower”
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V-artV-art(1999)(1999)
VirtualGlassScherkTowerwithMonkeySaddles
(Radiance 40 hours)
Jane Yen
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Closing the LoopClosing the Loop
straight
or
twisted
“Scherk Tower” “Scherk-Collins Toroids”
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Sculpture Generator 1Sculpture Generator 1, GUI , GUI
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Shapes from Shapes from Sculpture Generator 1Sculpture Generator 1
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Some of the Parameters in “SG1”Some of the Parameters in “SG1”
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The Finished The Finished HeptoroidHeptoroid
at Fermi Lab Art Gallery (1998).
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2003: 2003: ““Whirled White WebWhirled White Web””
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Brent Collins and David LynnBrent Collins and David Lynn
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Inauguration Sutardja Dai Hall 2/27/09Inauguration Sutardja Dai Hall 2/27/09
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Details of Internal RepresentationDetails of Internal Representation
Boundary Representations
Meshes of small triangles defining surface
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Base Geometry: One “Scherk Story”Base Geometry: One “Scherk Story”
Taylored hyperbolas, hugging a circle
Hyperbolic Slices Triangle Strips
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The Basic Saddle ElementThe Basic Saddle Elementwith surface normals
precomputed -- then warped into toroid
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Shape Generation:Shape Generation: by stacking this basic hyperbolic element,
twisting that stack along z-axis,
bending (warping) it into an arch or loop.
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Knot RepresentationsKnot Representations
Knot tables !
A particular realization of an individual knotis just a closed space curve in 3D space.
It can be represented as a sequence of vertices: V0 (x,y,z); V1 (x,y,z) …
Connected with a poly-line for visualization.
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A Simple Tool to Display KnotsA Simple Tool to Display Knots
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~sequin/X/Knot-View/
B-Splines with their corresponding control-polygons
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Knot RepresentationKnot Representation
Control Polygon of Trefoil Knot:
10.0 -2.0 4.0-6.732 7.66 -4.0-6.732 -7.66 4.0 10.0 2.0 -4.0-3.268 9.66 4.0-3.268 -9.66 -4.0
Then just drag this text file onto “KnotView-3D.exe”
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Turning Knots into SculpturesTurning Knots into Sculptures
Define a cross-section and sweep it along the given 3D knot curve.
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Brent Collins’ Brent Collins’ Pax MundiPax Mundi
1997: wood, 30”diam.1997: wood, 30”diam.
2006: Commission from H&R Block, Kansas Cityto make a 70”diameter
version in bronze.
My task: to define the master geometry.
CAD tools played important role.
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How to Model How to Model Pax MundiPax Mundi ... ...
Already addressed that question in 1998:
Pax Mundi could not be done with Sculpture Generator I
Needed a more general program !
Used the Berkeley SLIDE environment.
First: Needed to find the basic paradigm
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Sculptures by Naum GaboSculptures by Naum Gabo
Pathway on a sphere:
Edge of surface is like seam of tennis- or base-ball;
2-period Gabo curve.
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2-period “Gabo Curve”2-period “Gabo Curve”
Approximation with quartic B-splinewith 8 control points per period,but only 3 DOF are used (symmetry!).
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4-period “Gabo Curve”4-period “Gabo Curve”
Same construction as for as for 2-period curve
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Pax MundiPax Mundi Revisited Revisited
Can be seen as:
Amplitude modulated, 4-period Gabo curve
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SLIDE-GUI for “SLIDE-GUI for “Pax MundiPax Mundi” Shapes” ShapesGood combination of interactive 3D graphicsand parameterizable procedural constructs.
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2-period Gabo Sculpture2-period Gabo Sculpture
Tennis ball – or baseball –
seam used as
sweep curve.
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Viae Globi Viae Globi Family Family (Roads on a Sphere)(Roads on a Sphere)
2 3 4 5 periods
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Via Globi 5Via Globi 5 (Virtual Wood) (Virtual Wood)
Wilmin Martono
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Modularity of Modularity of Gabo Sweep GeneratorGabo Sweep Generator
Sweep Curve Generator:
Gabo Curves as B-splines
Cross Section Fine Tuner:
Paramererized shapes
Sweep / Twist Controller
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Sweep / Twist ControlSweep / Twist Control
How do we orient, move, scale, morph ...the cross section along the sweep path ?
Natural orientationwith Frenet frame
Torsion Minimization:Azimuth: tangential / normal
900° of twistadded.
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Extension:Extension: Free-form Curve on a Sphere Free-form Curve on a Sphere
Spherical Spline Path Editor (Jane Yen)
Smooth interpolating curve through sparse data points
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Many Different Many Different Viae GlobiViae Globi ModelsModels
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Paradigm Extension:Paradigm Extension: Sweep Path Sweep Path is no longer confined to a sphere!is no longer confined to a sphere!
Music of the Spheres (Brent Collins)
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Allows Knotted Sweep PathsAllows Knotted Sweep Paths
Chinese Button Knot
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Really Free-form 3D Space CurvesReally Free-form 3D Space Curves
Figure-8 knot
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The Process: Example: The Process: Example: Pax MundiPax Mundi
WoodPax Mundi
Sweep curve on a
sphere
ViaGlobi
FrameworkIn Slide
Bronze Pax Mundi
InspirationalModel
GenerativeParadigm
ComputerProgram
Many NewModels
Insight,Analysis
Math,Geometry
Selection,Design