.cel · 11 lines · 7 shapes · seed 1
Cloud tree is 5 shape lines that grow into 7 shapes, with 5 genes the seed draws.
tree@0's cloud form: a flared trunk forks into 2-3 boughs, each tipped with a puff, a bigger puff crowns the fork, and smaller puffs bud off the bough puffs
The asset line names the model tree_cloud, titled Cloud tree. complexity=2 holds it to 30 shapes, 3,200 triangles and 2 draw calls; going past any of them is an error. ref=nature:tree:cloud pairs it with a hand-coded generator for side-by-side comparison.
A gene, H: a value drawn between 3.6 and 5.6 for every seed. This seed picked 3.904. Every line that reads H follows it.
A gene, TH: worked out from a random draw: H * (.38..0.46). This seed picked 1.541.
A gene, R0: a value drawn between 0.2 and 0.3 for every seed. This seed picked 0.287. Every line that reads R0 follows it.
A gene, bark: a weighted pick from barkA (2 in 4), barkB or barkC. This seed picked barkB.
A gene, fol: a weighted pick from leafA (3 in 8), leafB (2 in 8), leafC (2 in 8) or leafD. This seed picked leafD.
A lathe, a profile spun round Y: pots, bodies, columns, domes, bells (base at the origin). It stands at the model's origin.
A rod, a straight bar from the origin to to, flat ends: poles, legs, rails, spokes. It sits at the end of trunk, nudged by an offset. 2 copies spread evenly round trunk's Y axis.
A puff, a foliage blob: ball with a darker underside band (color × .86) and wobble 0.06. It sits at the tip of bough, nudged by an offset. There is a set on each of the 2 bough copies, 2 in all.
A puff, a foliage blob: ball with a darker underside band (color × .86) and wobble 0.06. It sits at the end of trunk, nudged by an offset.
A puff, a foliage blob: ball with a darker underside band (color × .86) and wobble 0.06. It sticks to the surface of crown at (0, -10..80) (azimuth, elevation). 1 copy spread evenly round crown's Y axis.
