How can I create an array or 'node net' of randomly sized shapes, with thin paths between them and dots where each path meets another path?
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That is a really unclear image. Do you have a better one?– JongwareCommented Jan 12, 2015 at 0:48
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No sorry, I searched for a long time, but because I don't know what it's exactly called, it's hard to find something. But if you enlarge the image it's ok to see, what I mean.– CodeyCommented Jan 14, 2015 at 17:09
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It would be fairly straight forward in Illustrator although not automated.
You could draw the paths with the Pen Tool however you want them. Then draw a small circle and place it at the intersections.
Conversely, you could place your dots wherever you want them, then use the Pen Tool to draw lines between the dots.
There's nothing automatic or "magic button" in Illustrator which would create this for you.
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1no need to draw the dots separately. just use circular arrow heads on both ends of your lines Commented Jan 10, 2015 at 2:46
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1Isn't there a possibility to have these arrowheads at each anchor point?– CodeyCommented Jan 10, 2015 at 10:10
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There exists a voronoi (delunlay is the dual of voronoi) script that does this.– joojaaCommented Jan 11, 2015 at 10:14
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Voronoi seems not to be the thing I am searching for: image I found. Do you have a Link to this script?– CodeyCommented Jan 11, 2015 at 22:07
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"Isn't there a possibility to have these arrowheads at each anchor point?" No, but if you press "P" for the pen tool after every two clicks and move your pen ever so slightly you will be creating separate lines in Illustrator instead of one continuous line. You could then select all the individual lines and add the arrow heads to all of them at once. Commented Jan 12, 2015 at 3:57
You can create it using http://dmesh.thedofl.com/ and import the results into illustrator.
answered Jan 9, 2015 at 22:22
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But as I understand this software, it turns photos into wallpapers made of triangles. I really wanted to create triangles just with lines and dots, like in the image above ;)– CodeyCommented Jan 9, 2015 at 22:24
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I think you can just bring in a black background and customize how you do the triangles. It will draw the lines automatically. That's what I've done for similar work istockphoto.com/vector/… Commented Jan 10, 2015 at 2:42
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Unfortunately if I load color image in Mesh, then the program doesn't create any triangles.– CodeyCommented Jan 10, 2015 at 10:07