constelaltion generator

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  initial results, single pass with connector algorithm.

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  later results, three examples, no connections, one pass, two passes (top down)

What it does

The command line program produces three SVGs. These are output to stdout, so it is recommended that it is piped into a file. An html file works without any tweaking, but you could easily obtain a .svg.

How I built it

After trying to understand Qt5 enough to write all the graphics in it, I gave up and hacked together something that outputs svgs that look like what I wanted.

Challenges I ran into

In theory I had a team. In practice... I didn't see them do very much. Could have been timezone problems but I doubt it.

Qt is quite hard to work with when one doesn't have the time to look at any proper tutorials.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

Considering the simplistic algorithm used to draw the constellations, they look surprisingly realistic.

What I learned

I was reminded that formats like SVG, PPM, and HTML are really simple to output, meaning you don't need a fancy GUI to make pretty pictures.

What's next for constelaltion generator

I would like to get the Qt part to work. I thought it would, but it just has an empty window.

Built With

• c++
• qt
• svg