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4_4_On A Attractors m toward wh hich that system tends to o evolve, “Attractor is a set off states of a dynamic physical system point attractor is an attrractor consissting of a regardleess of the staarting condittions of the system. A p single sttate. For example, a marble rolling in n a smooth, rrounded bow wl will alwayys come to re est at the lowest point, p in thee bottom cen nter of the bowl; b the fin nal state of position p and d motionlessness is a point atttractor.”
Fig.4.32. Strange Atttractor. In the caase of design and geom metry, attracttors are elem ments (usuallly points bu ut could be ccurves or any otheer geometry) that affect the other geeometries in the space, cchange their behaviour aand make them diisplace, re‐o orientate, reescale, etc. They T can arrticulate thee space arou und themselves and introducce fields of actions with h specific rad dius of power. Attractors have diffeerent applications in paramettric design since they haave the poteential to change the who ole objects o of design co onstantly. Definingg a field, attrractors could d also affect the multiple e agent systeems in multiiple actions. The way they cou uld affect th he product and a the pow wer of attracctors are all adjustable. We go thro ough the concept of attractorrs in differentt occasions sso let’s have some very ssimple experiments first.
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