The Binary Kite – even more cubes with Py4D

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There are those popular structures we all know and love because they simply look fascinating from every angle – like the Sierpinski triangle, the Pythagoras tree or the Menger sponge.
Generative geometry is one more proof that math is beautiful no matter how basic.

Recently I stumbled upon a new pattern that is also phenomenally simple but produces rather complex shapes – the “Binary Kite”.

I first saw it in Mikael Hvidtfeldt Christensen’s ‘Structure Synth‘ – an ingenious tool for exploration of generative 3D structures.

Basically it’s a 3D array of randomly black/white colored cubes that slightly scale(linear) and rotate(noise) per iteration on one axis.
What makes it look so interesting is that each items transformation matrix is subordinated to its predecessor on that axis.

Initially, I played around with the kite in Unity 3D but quickly discovered that it can′t be animated at high iterations.

So I fired up C4D and wrote a simple Py4D generator.

The results

I did end up with this gorgeous picture of a 30*30*500 cubes kite (5400000 polygons) (fullsize):

The Binary Kite – even more cubes with Py4D - C4D之家 - 0.jpg

Here is a closeup from the same viewpoint (fullsize):

The Binary Kite – even more cubes with Py4D - C4D之家 - 1.jpg

Last but not least I rendered this short animation of a 5*5*150 kite growing:

The Binary Kite – even more cubes with Py4D - C4D之家 - 2.jpg

Want to render your own kite with even more cubes? Grab the scene file here.

Update: The file has been updated to work with the R12 version of Cinema 4D.

Hint:
Remember to uncheck “Optimize cache” in the Python Generator′s properties if you want to animate the parameters.

Conclusion

While Structure Synth is awesome, Cinema 4D and Py4D are a great way to visualize generated geometry too as Cinema’s render instances enable you to work with millions of objects.

Cheers

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Comment :6

Jokkey 2025-4-4 17:33:19

C4D之家真的是个优秀的c4d模型网站，算是注册对了！

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小土豆moon 2025-4-8 08:58:26

The Binary Kite – even more cubes with Py4D 这个C4D渲染效果太惊艳了，学习了！

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464255699 2025-5-3 00:29:45

先感谢楼主分享……

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清清澧水我的家 2025-5-8 07:39:48

清清澧水我的家请问C4D的材质编辑器怎么使用？

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stevenzy 2025-5-11 07:09:10

各位前辈可以帮我下载个C4D教程吗？ C4D教程

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奈波 2025-5-18 11:37:48

奈波请问C4D的渲染设置有什么优化建议吗？

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