Start of an N-gon snippet

I was thinking it would be cool to have a snippet filter that made a triangle, square, pentagon, etc… -- where you could select the size of the polygon and it’s number of sides. (And it would hopefully also be fast.)
I started to experiment around and got a possible idea, but I don’t think I will be able to finish this anytime soon (if ever) because of other priorities. So I’ll post what I did so far in case anyone's curious (and maybe inspires someone to do their own finished version).

What I did was make a decagon using a lot of parameters (with curves). My next step was to try to see if I could remap all those parameters using just one controller slider for the size (it seems like it could be possible -- the odd N-gons might be a little more tricky though...). Then my next step was to create the same thing for other N-gons, and put them all into a switch.

Anyway, here's my beginning test... (BTW, the three presets are just random sizes without very precise parameters yet.)
Maybe it’s amusing, if nothing else.

polygon2d.ffxml

With the odd N-gons I was thinking I'd end up using two curve-to-shape tasks/branches rather than just one getting mirrored...

But it sounds like you have a better method -- I'd love to see it if you do ever get around to it.

Cool, CFandM.
I saw no point to the circular angle gradient until that filter. Very interesting, I'll have to look at both the filter and snippet more...

Wow! Look at you guys go!

The masters of the curve. I have learned so much just by looking at these two filters.

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ssamm wrote: I saw no point to the circular angle gradient until that filter

Oh yea, there are many uses for this snippet...Its also fun to play with.

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Crapadilla wrote: Excellent! The Three Snippeteers are back! Beer

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Kraellin wrote: hehe, just wait till you open one of their more complex filters, ronviers

Yep give the playing cards a look....

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ronviers wrote: I have tried for more than a day to create a radial gradient. It never occurred to me to try frame. It that how it’s done? Is that the only way? There is something about doing it with frame that bugs me but I’m not sure what it is.

Try this one from uberzev
http://www.filterforge.com/filters/671.html

This is where the one I am using comes from. There probably be other ways to do this
but at the moment there is none that is posted.

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ronviers wrote: I would say that when I looked at ‘Playing Cards’ my jaw dropped but my mouth has been stuck open for days from the sheer awesomeness of FF.

Been here almost a year and I still get blown away..

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uberzev wrote: CFandM, I think ronviers is trying to make something like this..

Oops, yep sorry got confused there for a sec..That looks good Uberzev..

Sphinx had me thinking about this again...This is just a very small update to the curves...Then named the controls...Have fun with this....

Star Attempt 2.ffxml