Augustana CSC Q&A - Recent questions and answers in CSC 150 January201920

Answered: Can we use the 3D printer after we are done with the J-Term ?

Wed, 29 Jan 2020 14:09:51 +0000

The 3D printer was purchased by the department for educational use, primarily in math and computer science classes or projects. Additionally, the spools of plastic filament do cost money (about $20-$30 per spool). Thus, the printer is not available for any Augustana students to print whatever they want on. However, if you have project ideas that you want to use a 3-D printer for, let me know! It may be possible, and I'll discuss it with the department. (Augustana students are also allowed to use the Physics/Engineering 3D printer, which is fancier than ours, if they pay for the cost of the materials -- talk to Dr. Josh Dyer about that if you're interested.) The CatLab (Catalyst Lab - Center for Creativity) in Bergendoff is also supposed to be getting a 3-D printer sometime soon, and I believe that would be available for any student to use on creative projects.

Answered: What do you expect people reactions to be at the Art Fair today?

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 14:14:09 +0000

I have high hopes but only time will tell!

Answered: What was the code to make an image convert it's colors to NetLogo's?

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 12:31:00 +0000

Use [ import-pcolors-rgb "image"]

Answered: Is the dress code mandatory for the presentation ?

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 11:18:21 +0000

i do not think so, but he would recommend doing so.

Answered: Was this week enough to express all your ideas in your work ?

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 01:49:17 +0000

I think I could have spent much more time on my project to make it better and better, but suddenly this week is over, so I feel like it was not, though I am satisfied with what I have.

Answered: What do we need to include in our artist statements

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 01:47:42 +0000

An explanation of your piece, what you feel the meaning is, basically similar to the examples Dr. Stonedahl provided in the email he sent out.

Answered: How do you make turtles stay moving in one direction?

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:52:42 +0000

I think you should add set heading

Answered: How have the 3D prints been turning out?

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:50:29 +0000

I haven't printed mine yet. But I'm so excited to see the result!

Answered: Are all consulting opportunities now over for the term?

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:38:47 +0000

Yes, today was the last day.

Answered: Is it better to make many pieces of art for the final project or to focus on one piece of art ?

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:09:31 +0000

Since we only focused on one piece of art and we don't have much time to do anything else, I think that this question is only against you and us ( As a group ).

Answered: Did this class make you want to continue to take computer science classes?

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 23:59:32 +0000

It did!! At first, I was afraid of the coding because I am an Engineering major and I have to take a computer science class sooner or later. However, after this class, I realized that writing code was such fun!!

Answered: Can you import an image onto a turtle directly?

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:58:42 +0000

you can use the

ask turtle 1 [ raytraicng:set-image "picture.jpg" ]

Answered: How to handle drums and other instruments!

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:36:07 +0000

Thank you so much <3

Answered: Audacity: The software for sound recording

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:33:19 +0000

This helps a lot. Thank you, Kashav

Answered: Does anyone know how to add particle systems to 3D?

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:32:19 +0000

check some 3d models in the model library. I think there are some particle system there

Answered: How do you make your turtles go in random directions?

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:25:21 +0000

Set random origin position: setxy random-xcor random-ycor
Go random position: fd random 10
tilt-down random 90
tilt-up random 90
roll-left random 90
roll-right random 90

Answered: Proudest artwork?

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:15:54 +0000

My proudest work was " Don't steal my cows " , which was a 3D representation of an alien spaceship stealing cows with a light beam

Answered: So far what has been your favorite project?

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:12:04 +0000

My favorite project was an animation project. It was so fun creating a video out of clay and stopmotion

Answered: Is there any way to animate just a single turtle?

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:04:19 +0000

make only the turtle animated in the go function. Setup other objects at the beginning

Answered: How do you make your turtles stay a bit further when you make them follow the mouse

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:02:29 +0000

You can use facexy (mouse-xcor) (mouse-ycor + 1)

Answered: hey can anyone help me out fit my drawing inside the canvas?

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:35:07 +0000

increase canvas size or make the turtle size smaller

Answered: How can I draw an oval?

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:32:57 +0000

I found this: http://www.cs.uni.edu/~jacobson/logo/applets/411/DrawOvalMonteCarlo.html
Hope this helps

Answered: Error with VID:RECORD-VIEW

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:29:59 +0000

If none works, you can create another function with "VID:RECORD-VIEW" and keep clicking it until the end of the clip

Answered: How do you make turtles change color on netlogo 2d?

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:23:11 +0000

You can try 'set color list ' if you want to use a specific complex color, and also if you want to add transparency

Answered: What are you doing for the final project? Photo? Movie? Netlogo interactive?

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:02:17 +0000

Me and Marwa are doing a teleportation device.

Answered: Is it possible to mirror a turtle?

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 12:52:13 +0000

You can easily a new shape that is the mirrored shape using the Tools -> Turtle Shapes editor.

"Duplicate" the original shape, then choose the "Flip horizontal" button!

Answered: Resize Image

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 11:41:19 +0000

Edit your image with paint and then replace it. It's so much easier

Answered: How can we make a video faster ?

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 11:38:53 +0000

another approach is you can use a video editor to combine all the videos you have and increase the speed.

Did anyone create their own portfolio? (Not the blogging page)

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 11:09:35 +0000

I have multiple smaller projects that make up one big one, will I need multiple artist statements?

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 10:09:11 +0000

How do you put in the raytracing code correctly in order to make a video?

Sun, 26 Jan 2020 21:26:31 +0000

So I know the code to make the movie is on the handout:

repeat 60 [
go
raytracing:render-next-movie-frame]

But I am unsure of where to put that in my code to successfully make my movie, because it did not work for me when making the movie for our last assignment.

Is it possible to get a "flashing" effect in netlogo

Fri, 24 Jan 2020 15:00:39 +0000

For example in raytracing or patches?

Random generation question

Fri, 24 Jan 2020 14:58:34 +0000

The actual art for my final is coming together but I cannot get my random generation to work. I want it so that each of the hills, thesky, the background, and the extra objects have a one in three chance of being selected when generating. Here's the code.

to gen-hills
  if random 3 = 0 [
    grassy-hills
  ]
  if random 3 = 1 [
    sandy-hills
  ]
  if random 3 = 2 [
    snowy-hills
  ]
end

to gen-sky
  if random 3 = 0 [
    morning
  ]
  if random 3 = 1 [
    sunset
  ]
  if random 3 = 2 [
    nighttime
  ]
end

to gen-back
  if random 3 = 0 [
    town
  ]
  if random 3 = 1 [
    forest
  ]
  if random 3 = 2 [
    ocean
  ]
end

to gen-extras
  if random 3 = 0 [
    birds
  ]
  if random 3 = 1 [
    clouds
  ]
  if random 3 = 2 [
    planes
  ]
end

My logic is that each option will have a one in three chance in being created which is why I have them reach doing "random 3." But sometimes when I run the code I get multiple things overlapping or not being drawn correctly or nothing being drawn at all. What steps should I take to remedy this problem?

Is the artist's statement for your final project or for everything that you have on display at the showcase?

Fri, 24 Jan 2020 14:20:26 +0000

Since this class is almost over, what has been the highlight of this term?

Fri, 24 Jan 2020 14:19:29 +0000

Or if there was something you wish you learned or have done differently, what would it be?

Why project can not open by view 3D scene ?

Fri, 24 Jan 2020 01:34:12 +0000

I am doing an object for my final project. I have exported an x3d file from NetLogo, but when I tried to open it with view 3d scene, it did not open.

Any ideas on how to display a countdown on Netlogo 2D?

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 23:42:45 +0000

I wanted to add some kind of countdown board then countdown from 3 to 0.

Does anyone remember how to edit the background images for raytracing using gimp program?

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 21:14:26 +0000

I was just trying to make the image be seamless but I can't seem to remember the correct steps.

can someone give an example of a link code?

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:53:58 +0000

This is following up from my previous question I want to link a turtles so that multiple turtles can revolve around one (basically 1 turtle in the middle and 8 revolving around the one)

How do you make stairs using patches? @riley

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:51:08 +0000

is it possible to insert picture in every turtles?

Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:15:28 +0000

Is there a way to find my NetLogo file if my computer froze and I forgot to save?

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:46:09 +0000

Is it possible to ask turtles to rotate around one turtle?

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:33:43 +0000

Is there a way to set a smaller "cube" of patches to a different color in 3d?

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 15:04:59 +0000

Im looking to make something like a 10x10x10 cube of patches a different color rather than the whole thing

Is there a way to only have certain turtles die off after a certain amount of ticks, but keep others?

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 14:56:11 +0000

This is my code that has the turtles die, but I have another button that spawns in other turtles that I want to run simultaneously, but all the turtles in that one also die when this happens.

to create-explosion
      ask turtles [
        facexyz 0 0 0
        ifelse (pxcor) = 0 and (pycor) = 0 [
          set size size + 0.1
        ]
        [
          fd 0.1
        ]
      ]
    
      ask patches [
        if ticks > 500 [set pcolor 12 + random 16]
        if ticks > 550 [ set pcolor black]
      ]
      ask turtles [
        if ticks = 650 [die]]

How do I create a inclined plane(hill like structure) instead of flat patches on NetLogo 3D.

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 14:50:25 +0000

How do I create a particle system where once the the particle lands they stay in the ground and start filling up?

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 11:34:07 +0000

Can you make a turtle spin in place?

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 11:18:10 +0000

How do I have different shapes in 3D besides the default 3D Shapes in NetLogo 3D?

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 10:56:54 +0000

Does anyone know how to make 3D trees that look natural and neat?

Mon, 20 Jan 2020 21:13:19 +0000

I tried to make trees but they are really weird to look at.