Knot
Knot is a 3D Celtic Knot generation and rendering application for exploring different types of randomly generated knots. Most Celtic knots are only sort of 3D, in that they only use the third dimension for weaving the string, but otherwise exist on a plane. Knot will allow you to render these 2D Celtic knots in 3D. However, it also allows you to generalise these knots to create 3D Celtic knots rendered in 3D.
Other features include the following.
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Generate random 2D and 3D Celtic knots, rendered in 3D.
Dynamically change knot attributes like thread thickness, size, weave height, etc.
Colour the knot threads to distinguish different loops.
Experiment with both traditional and less standard knots.
Save knots for future reloading.
Export the knot models as a Stanford .ply files for loading into 3D modelling software.
Print out exported models as physical objects.
Generate both symmetrical and non-symmetrical knots.
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Download the latest version of Knot in one of the following formats.| Platform | Description | Download |
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| Any | Knot source archive | knot-0.1.2_src.tar.gz |
| Knot source Git access | Git access | GNU/Linux | Knot x86 binary .deb package | knot_0.1.2-1_i386.deb |
| Knot x64 binary .deb package | knot_0.1.2-1_amd64.deb | |
| Windows | Knot binary installer | KnotSetup-0.1.2-win32-bin.exe |
| Knot binary msi installer (use this if you already have GTK installed) | knot-0.1.2-win32-bin.msi |
Knot news
5 most recent items
7 Aug 2012 : Celtic knot jewellery #
A package arrived recently from Shapeways containing some 3D printed jewellery generated using Knot. You can see (and even print your own!) copies of the bracelet and ring from the Shapeways site.
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28 Jul 2012 : Beautiful Knot renders by Tony Ralano #
Tony Ralano has created some beautiful images using models exported from Knot, combined with his excellent skills using Blender. This render looks more real to me than my photos of the 3D printed versions!
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13 May 2012 : New Knot 0.1.2 packages #
Knot version 0.1.2 has now been released and the packages are up on SourceForge for download. The biggest addition to this new version is the ability to save the knot images out as PNG files. Many thanks go to lylejk for suggesting the change; hopefully it'll allow people to better make use of the generated knots in 2D graphics packages.
6 May 2012 : New Knot 0.1.1 packages #
Version 0.1.1 of Knot is now available from SourceForge. I've also spent a bit of time updating all of the links, so everything should now point to this SourceForge version rather than the previous version in the Subversion repository.
6 May 2012 : Knot on SourceForge #
Knot has been released into the wild as a project on SourceForge. This means the code is now hosted there rather than on my home server, but it doesn't really change anything else. It's still open source and released under an MIT licence. There are still some loose ends to tie up, such as links I need to point to the new version, but hopefully this will all be sorted out over the next couple of days.
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- Knot
Version 0.12 (12 May 2012) for Linux and Windows.
Knot is an open source Celtic knot rendering application. It'll render standard knots on a 2D plane with a 3D weave. It also generalises these to allow proper 3D knots to be rendered. More info...
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