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/*

   Structure 3 (work in progress)

   A surface filled with one hundred medium to small sized circles.
   Each circle has a different size and direction, but moves at the same slow rate.
   Display:
   A. The instantaneous intersections of the circles
   B. The aggregate intersections of the circles

   Implemented by Casey Reas <http://groupc.net>
   Uses circle intersection code from William Ngan <http://metaphorical.net>
   Processing v.68 <http://processing.org>

*/


Circle circleA, circleB;

void setup()
{
  size( 300, 300 );
  framerate( 30 );

  circleA = new Circle( 150, 150, 60 );
  circleB = new Circle( 150, 150, 90 );

  ellipseMode(CENTER_DIAMETER);
  rectMode(CENTER_DIAMETER);
  noStroke();
}


void loop()
{
  circleA.update();
  circleB.update();
  intersect( circleA, circleB );
}


class Circle
{
  float x, y, r, r2;
  float xspeed, xdir;
  float yspeed, ydir;

  Circle( float px, float py, float pr ) {
    x = px;
    y = py;
    r = pr;
    r2 = r*r;
    xspeed = random(-2.0, 2.0);
    yspeed = random(-2.0, 2.0);
    xdir = 1;
    ydir = -1;
  }

  void update() {

    x += xspeed * xdir;
    if(x > width - r || x < r) {
      xdir = xdir * -1;
    }

    y += yspeed * ydir;
    if(y > width - r || y < r) {
      ydir = ydir * -1;
    }

  }
}

void intersect( Circle cA, Circle cB ) {

  float dx = cA.x - cB.x;
  float dy = cA.y - cB.y;
  float d2 = dx*dx + dy*dy;
  float d = sqrt( d2 );

  if ( d>cA.r+cB.r || d<abs(cA.r-cB.r) ) return; // no solution

  float a = (cA.r2 - cB.r2 + d2) / (2*d);
  float h = sqrt( cA.r2 - a*a );
  float x2 = cA.x + a*(cB.x - cA.x)/d;
  float y2 = cA.y + a*(cB.y - cA.y)/d;

  stroke(0, 0, 0, 26);

  float paX = x2 + h*(cB.y - cA.y)/d;
  float paY = y2 - h*(cB.x - cA.x)/d;
  float pbX = x2 - h*(cB.y - cA.y)/d;
  float pbY = y2 + h*(cB.x - cA.x)/d;

  line(paX, paY, pbX, pbY);

}