Wall Paper tiling covers an area with a repeating patterns and there are many possible ways (seventeen) to repeat a basic design called the "Seed" or the motif. In this class we will explore some of the seventeen possibilities.
One method to create a wall paper periodic two dimensional designs uses
the TILE command. Typing TILE [CIRCLE 40] will cause the whole screen
to be covered with circles touching each other. In a similar way
typing TILE [BOX 50 50] will cause the screen to be covered with squares.
The tile command computes the dimensions of the basic motif and spreads
it around the screen in a regular manner. Sometime it is necessary
for the human programmer to define the actual area to be tiled. For
this purpose the TILEWH command is used. For example: To tile
the screen with circles which are spread out a little you can use:
TILEWH 40 40 [CIRCLE 30]. If you want then to touch horizontally,
the command TILEWH 40 30 [CIRCLE 30] will do.
Questions:
1. Write a program that produce a picture similar to this one:
2. Use the BOX 40 40 command and the TILEWH command to create this picture.
3. Write a program that produce a picture similar to this one:
4. Create a similar design as the one below.
To create a design similar to this one: (Hint use TILEWH and spin a line around the center)
5. First create a basic pattern that looks like this:
then use it to make a chessboard tile: