Patent ID: 6421052
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: B44C,D21H

Abstract:
A method of creating an amorphous two-dimensional pattern of interlocking two-dimensional geometrical shapes having at least two opposing edges which can be tiled together, said method comprising the steps of:(a) specifying the width xmax of said pattern measured in direction x between said opposing edges; (b) adding a computational border region of width B to said pattern along one of said edges located at the x distance xmax. c) computationally generating (x,y) coordinates of a nucleation point having x coordinates between 0 and xmax; (d) selecting nucleation points having x coordinates between 0 and B and copying them into said computational border region by adding xmax to their x coordinate value; (e) comparing both the computationally generated nucleation point and the corresponding copied nucleation point in said computational border against all previously generated nucleation points; and (f) repeating steps (c) through (e) until the desired number of nucleation points has been generated.