I forgot where I found this, probably on http://www.cgtextures.com/

I sort of modified it for sculpture generator. I'll add it here.

The code needs to be modified in a few places. I'll post something to say what I did and I will also be modding it to allow more patterns and backgrounds.

That's cool, PM. I didn't want to use up the existing patterns that came with it, because they can be useful. I did find that sometimes textures have an effect on the backgrounds, which is a bummer sometimes.

I always use a solid color background that doesn't appear in the pattern, so I can cut the background out in Gimp later.

Man, the generator.tcl file has more goodies to to improve the result. Below is an excerpt from my interaction with Schmiegel:

Your result looks awesome!
But I did it differently:
I edited C:\SculptGen\Sculpture Generator\bin\generator.tcl using a text editor.
The sliders ranges are defined in these keys: "inlinescale $name.bot."
Values seem to be: Min, Max, Stepping
Thanks to Carlo H. Séquin for creating an open and editable app!

Attached is something I did using that info. I bumped up the number of branches and holes to 32 as well as increase the quality (grid detail) to 19 (originally tried 32, but it crashed after I hit 20; chose 19 so I know it won't crash; lol). Pretty cool that you can customize this cool interface even more and I just wanted to share that info with all you enthusiast of this cool program.

Awesome stuff, Lyle, thanks!

Oooooh! More playing for me!!!

If the patterns we select are square (as opposed to rectangular), I wouldn't think they would effect the background.

That is very pretty Lyle....

You ever get around to modding the tcl for more textures, PM? I tried finding every instance to add, and then I think I have everything covered, but then it throws errors. I'm probably missing something very simple.

I just wish I knew how to tcl (don't think dirty thoughts folks; lol). I would create a subroutine to export my concoctions at whatever rez I feel happy. Looks like it could be added to this program since it is written in it.

To Mahvin; it crashed on me too when I tried to up the grid detail too high; 19 works fine. I've since upgraded the holes to 64 with no issues; bet you I could go higher. Still, I have it to where I like it; ain't broke don't fix it situation.

Good news! I finally figured out my "simple" error and finally got the new texture buttons to display. Now I'm off to add even more, haha. I'll toss my additions into a zipped file and submit it later on, textures included.

Ok, first off, thanks to PM for leading the way on modding the tcl file. I've included 15 additional textures. If you liked PM's textures he used for default on the first mod, you'll have to swap names with those files with ones you want to replace from this new list.

I made one swap of a background image for testing purposes, the original was "curt_green", and I swapped it with my own "wicker1". The rest are original backgrounds.

Enjoy!

Thanks again to Lyle and PM...

The file was too big to attach on GimpChat (16.4 megs), so I will have to link to it here:

http://www.mahvin.com/images/sculptor_gen.zip (dead link)

Very nice! Thanks Mahvin.

I love that wood texture mahvin. Here is some text I made from it.

I had no idea that the texture needn't be seamless to work. Now how cool is that? Sorry it took so long to try out your texture Mahvin.

That driftwood pattern really churns out well, doesn't it? I tend to use it alot when using the generator. So much fun!

Mahvin, I downloaded your zip and will certainly check it out!

Hey Lyle, that looks totally awesome!

I am getting addicted to this program.
I rewrote the generator.tcl file to include all the new textures.
I got tired of the circular figures and made this.
Gerard.

You are all impressing the heck out of me!

On the textures that I added, you can change the last four, as they're the same as the first with different color. The program lets you change the color, so they are redundant.

One for my love of Twizzlers:

And 4 views (reduced size) of one done with my smiley face brick wall.