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// Convert a circle into a triangle,
// by sampling a circle into many segments,
// and then locally averaging each point with its neighbors,
// except for the three special corner vertices.
// Golan Levin, January 2017
var radius;
var cx, cy;
var nCirclePoints = 120;
var circlePoints = [];
//-----------------------------------------
function setup() {
createCanvas(400, 400);
radius = width / 2 * 0.75;
cx = width / 2;
cy = height / 2;
for (var i = 0; i < nCirclePoints; i++) {
var t = map(i, 0, nCirclePoints, 0, TWO_PI) - HALF_PI;
var x = cx + radius * cos(t);
var y = cy + radius * sin(t);
circlePoints[i] = {
x, y
};
}
}
//-----------------------------------------
function draw() {
background(255);
noFill();
stroke(0);
strokeWeight(3);
beginShape();
for (var i = 0; i < nCirclePoints; i++) {
if (i % (nCirclePoints / 3) !== 0) {
var h = (i - 1 + nCirclePoints) % nCirclePoints;
var j = (i + 1 + nCirclePoints) % nCirclePoints;
circlePoints[i].x = (circlePoints[h].x + circlePoints[i].x + circlePoints[j].x) / 3.0;
circlePoints[i].y = (circlePoints[h].y + circlePoints[i].y + circlePoints[j].y) / 3.0;
}
vertex(circlePoints[i].x, circlePoints[i].y);
}
endShape(CLOSE);
}