Draw randomly centered circles of various sizes
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bubblebath() plots circles or other polygons at random positions with varying radii. All input parameters are optional including frame size, range of radii, number of vertices per bubble (eg, polygon shape), density, the amount of space between bubbles or how much they can overlap, edge behavior, and other parameters. A figure is produced and there are four outputs that allow the user to make further changes to the plotted objects or to recreate the exact same plot using the same version of the code.
See the help section for a detailed description of each optional parameter and its default value.
bubblebath_examples.mlx contains many examples showing how to manipulate parameters and how to use the outputs to add color, calculated area of each circle, and other useful information.
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Adam Danz (2020). Bubblebath.m (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/70348), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
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Mr. Danz
First of all, the code was perfect. Thank you for your effort. But I have a question on my mind. In a random system, will the ratio of the [(total area-area of the all circles which are inside the rectangle)/(total area)] (porosity) be entered as input? Is it possible to create such a system in Matlab?
Have a nice day
@Guang Lu, the error you experienced was due to using an older version of Matlab prior to r2016b when explicit expansion was not allowed. Nevertheless, I updated the file so that it avoids explicit expansion errors in earlier versions of matlab.
There is an error in line 131