Not very hard to replicate the you tube video in Grasshopper, just seems less fast
using System.Threading.Tasks;
/// <summary>
/// This class will be instantiated on demand by the Script component.
/// </summary>
public class Script_Instance : GH_ScriptInstance
{
#region Utility functions
/// <summary>Print a String to the [Out] Parameter of the Script component.</summary>
/// <param name="text">String to print.</param>
private void Print(string text) { /* Implementation hidden. */ }
/// <summary>Print a formatted String to the [Out] Parameter of the Script component.</summary>
/// <param name="format">String format.</param>
/// <param name="args">Formatting parameters.</param>
private void Print(string format, params object[] args) { /* Implementation hidden. */ }
/// <summary>Print useful information about an object instance to the [Out] Parameter of the Script component. </summary>
/// <param name="obj">Object instance to parse.</param>
private void Reflect(object obj) { /* Implementation hidden. */ }
/// <summary>Print the signatures of all the overloads of a specific method to the [Out] Parameter of the Script component. </summary>
/// <param name="obj">Object instance to parse.</param>
private void Reflect(object obj, string method_name) { /* Implementation hidden. */ }
#endregion
#region Members
/// <summary>Gets the current Rhino document.</summary>
private readonly RhinoDoc RhinoDocument;
/// <summary>Gets the Grasshopper document that owns this script.</summary>
private readonly GH_Document GrasshopperDocument;
/// <summary>Gets the Grasshopper script component that owns this script.</summary>
private readonly IGH_Component Component;
/// <summary>
/// Gets the current iteration count. The first call to RunScript() is associated with Iteration==0.
/// Any subsequent call within the same solution will increment the Iteration count.
/// </summary>
private readonly int Iteration;
#endregion
/// <summary>
/// This procedure contains the user code. Input parameters are provided as regular arguments,
/// Output parameters as ref arguments. You don't have to assign output parameters,
/// they will have a default value.
/// </summary>
private void RunScript(List<Point3d> pts, double w, int itterations, List<double> cValues, ref object A)
{
Point4d c = new Point4d(cValues[0], cValues[1], cValues[2], cValues[3]);
double[] cValuesOut = new double[pts.Count];
Parallel.For(0, pts.Count, i =>
{
cValuesOut[i] = Julia(new Point4d(pts[i].X, pts[i].Y, pts[i].Z, w), c, itterations);
}
);
A = cValuesOut;
}
// <Custom additional code>
double Julia (Point4d q, Point4d c, int itterations)
{
double output = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < itterations; i++)
{
q = SquarePoint4dQuaternion(q) + c;
if ((q.X * q.X + q.Y * q.Y + q.Z * q.Z) > 100) break;
}
return Math.Sqrt(q.X * q.X + q.Y * q.Y + q.Z * q.Z);
}
Point4d SquarePoint4dQuaternion(Point4d pt)
{
double x = pt.X * pt.X - (pt.Y * pt.Y + pt.Z * pt.Z + pt.W * pt.W);
double y = 2 * pt.X * pt.Y;
double z = 2 * pt.X * pt.Z;
double w = 2 * pt.X * pt.W;
return new Point4d(x, y, z, w);
}
// </Custom additional code>
}