// create the file node and shader
select -all;
delete;

// __________ IMAGE MAPPING _________________________________
string $filenode = `createNode file`;
string $shader = `createNode lambert`;
string $path = "H:/vsfx705/mel/cropcircle/cropmap.jpg";
// connect the nodes
connectAttr ($filenode + ".outColor") ($shader + ".color");

// insert the image path in the file node
string $cropmap = $path;
setAttr -type "string" ($filenode + ".fileTextureName") $cropmap;
		  
// assign the shader to an object
string $object[] = `nurbsPlane -ax 0 1 0 -name "nurbsPlane1"`;
// _________________________________________f_________________
//select -r $object[0];
//hyperShade -assign $shader;

//DisplayShadedAndTextured;
int 	$u, $v, 
		$nu = 20, $nv = 20;  		// steps in u and v
float	$minU = 0, $minV = 0, // u/v - start and ending
		$maxU = 1, $maxV = 1; // the surface - slightly less than 0 to 1

// Grab all our texture map samples
float $rgb[] = `colorAtPoint -o RGB -su $nu -sv $nv -mu $minU -mv $minV 
				-xu $maxU -xv $maxV $filenode`;
				
float $deltaU = ($maxU - $minU)/($nu - 1);	// step size in u
float $deltaV = ($maxV - $minV)/($nv - 1);  // step size in v
float $currU, $currV;
int	  $index = 0;

$currU = $minU;
//sphere -r 0.05 -n sph;
for($n = 0; $n < $nu; $n++)
	{
	$currU += $deltaU;
	$currV = $minV;
	for($i = 0; $i < $nv; $i++)
		{
		float $r = $rgb[$index];
		float $g = $rgb[$index + 1];
		float $b = $rgb[$index + 2];
		print($r + " " + $g + " " + $b + "\n");
		if( ($r + $g + $b) < 0.3)
			{
			float $p[] = `pointOnSurface 
							-u $currU
							-v $currV
							$object[0]`;
			vector $v1 = rand(-0.01, 0.01);
			vector $v2 = rand(-0.01, 0.01);
			vector $v3 = rand(-0.01, 0.01);
			//sphere -r 0.02;
			//move $p[0] $p[1] $p[2];
			/* straight lines */
			/*
			curve -d 1  -p $p[0] $p[1] $p[2] 
						-p $p[0] ($p[1] + 0.1) $p[2]
						-p $p[0] ($p[1] + 0.2) $p[2]
						-p $p[0] ($p[1] + 0.3) $p[2];
			*/
			
			curve -d 3  -p $p[0] $p[1] $p[2] 
						-p ($p[0] + $v1.x) ($p[1] + 0.02) ($p[2] + $v1.z)
						-p ($p[0] + $v2.x) ($p[1] + 0.04) ($p[2] + $v2.z)
						//-p ($p[0] + $v3.x) ($p[1] + 0.08) ($p[2] + $v3.z)
						-p ($p[0] + $v3.x) ($p[1] + 0.1) ($p[2] + $v3.z);
			
			}		
		$index += 3;
		$currV += $deltaV;
		}
	}
defaultDirectionalLight(1, 1,1,1, "0", 0,0,0);
//select "curve*";	
	
//displaySmoothness -pw 3;