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Reach 2
by based on code from Keith Peters
The arm follows the position of the mouse by calculating the angles with atan2().
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/**
* Reach 2
* based on code from Keith Peters.
*
* The arm follows the position of the mouse by
* calculating the angles with atan2().
*/
int numSegments = 10;
float[] x = new float[numSegments];
float[] y = new float[numSegments];
float[] angle = new float[numSegments];
float segLength = 26;
float targetX, targetY;
void setup() {
size(640, 360);
strokeWeight(20.0);
stroke(255, 100);
x[x.length-1] = width/2; // Set base x-coordinate
y[x.length-1] = height; // Set base y-coordinate
}
void draw() {
background(0);
reachSegment(0, mouseX, mouseY);
for(int i=1; i<numSegments; i++) {
reachSegment(i, targetX, targetY);
}
for(int i=x.length-1; i>=1; i--) {
positionSegment(i, i-1);
}
for(int i=0; i<x.length; i++) {
segment(x[i], y[i], angle[i], (i+1)*2);
}
}
void positionSegment(int a, int b) {
x[b] = x[a] + cos(angle[a]) * segLength;
y[b] = y[a] + sin(angle[a]) * segLength;
}
void reachSegment(int i, float xin, float yin) {
float dx = xin - x[i];
float dy = yin - y[i];
angle[i] = atan2(dy, dx);
targetX = xin - cos(angle[i]) * segLength;
targetY = yin - sin(angle[i]) * segLength;
}
void segment(float x, float y, float a, float sw) {
strokeWeight(sw);
pushMatrix();
translate(x, y);
rotate(a);
line(0, 0, segLength, 0);
popMatrix();
}
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