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circle pack to fill any SVG shape
var _canvasProps = {width: 300, height: 300};
var _options = {spacing: 1, numCircles: 1000, minSize: 1, maxSize: 10, higherAccuracy: false};
var _placedCirclesArr = [];
var _isFilled = function (imgData, imageWidth, x, y) {
x = Math.round(x);
y = Math.round(y);
var a = imgData.data[((imageWidth * y) + x) * 4 + 3];
return a > 0;
};
var _isCircleInside = function (imgData, imageWidth, x, y, r) {
//if (!_isFilled(imgData, imageWidth, x, y)) return false;
//--use 4 points around circle as good enough approximation
if (!_isFilled(imgData, imageWidth, x, y - r)) return false;
if (!_isFilled(imgData, imageWidth, x, y + r)) return false;
if (!_isFilled(imgData, imageWidth, x + r, y)) return false;
if (!_isFilled(imgData, imageWidth, x - r, y)) return false;
if (_options.higherAccuracy) {
//--use another 4 points between the others as better approximation
var o = Math.cos(Math.PI / 4);
if (!_isFilled(imgData, imageWidth, x + o, y + o)) return false;
if (!_isFilled(imgData, imageWidth, x - o, y + o)) return false;
if (!_isFilled(imgData, imageWidth, x - o, y - o)) return false;
if (!_isFilled(imgData, imageWidth, x + o, y - o)) return false;
}
return true;
};
var _touchesPlacedCircle = function (x, y, r) {
return _placedCirclesArr.some(function (circle) {
return _dist(x, y, circle.x, circle.y) < circle.size + r + _options.spacing;//return true immediately if any match
});
};
var _dist = function (x1, y1, x2, y2) {
var a = x1 - x2;
var b = y1 - y2;
return Math.sqrt(a * a + b * b);
};
var _placeCircles = function (imgData) {
var i = _circles.length;
_placedCirclesArr = [];
while (i > 0) {
i--;
var circle = _circles[i];
var safety = 1000;
while (!circle.x && safety-- > 0) {
var x = Math.random() * _canvasProps.width;
var y = Math.random() * _canvasProps.height;
if (_isCircleInside(imgData, _canvasProps.width, x, y, circle.size)) {
if (!_touchesPlacedCircle(x, y, circle.size)) {
circle.x = x;
circle.y = y;
_placedCirclesArr.push(circle);
}
}
}
}
};
var _makeCircles = function () {
var circles = [];
for (var i = 0; i < _options.numCircles; i++) {
var circle = {
color: _colors[Math.round(Math.random() * _colors.length)],
size: _options.minSize + Math.random() * Math.random() * (_options.maxSize - _options.minSize) //do random twice to prefer more smaller ones
};
circles.push(circle);
}
circles.sort(function (a, b) {
return a.size - b.size;
});
return circles;
};
var _drawCircles = function (ctx) {
ctx.save();
$.each(_circles, function (i, circle) {
ctx.fillStyle = circle.color;
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(circle.x, circle.y, circle.size, 0, 2 * Math.PI);
ctx.closePath();
ctx.fill()
});
ctx.restore();
};
var _drawSvg = function (ctx, path, callback) {
var img = new Image(ctx);
img.onload = function () {
ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0);
callback();
};
img.src = path;
};
var _colors = ['#993300', '#a5c916', '#00AA66', '#FF9900'];
var _circles = _makeCircles();
$(document).ready(function () {
var $canvas = $('<canvas>').attr(_canvasProps).appendTo('body');
var $canvas2 = $('<canvas>').attr(_canvasProps).appendTo('body');
var ctx = $canvas[0].getContext('2d');
_drawSvg(ctx, 'note.svg', function() {
var imgData = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, _canvasProps.width, _canvasProps.height);
_placeCircles(imgData);
_drawCircles($canvas2[0].getContext('2d'));
});
});
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head lang="en">
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Shape Circles</title>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.3.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<script src="circlePackShape.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
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@smmsamm
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smmsamm commented May 1, 2019

Do you think How I use your libraries in adobe illustrator?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15746335/can-adobe-jsx-scripts-include-other-script-files

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smmsamm commented May 1, 2019

Can you add some features for text packing for making wordcloud?

@chiliblast
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Can you please explain what algorithm has been used to solve? Is it genetic algoritm?

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kdorff commented Jan 10, 2023

I wanted to play with this concept and found your code. I've translated it to Groovy (a Java language) and made some revisions. I have some more revisions in mind - we'll see if I get to those. My version in gist is now in it's own repo. See my next comment.

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kdorff commented Jan 12, 2023

I've updated my code and moved it to it's own repo https://github.com/kdorff/png2svgcircles/

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