NASA Logo Mowing Simulation

A Unity 6 (URP) interactive simulation where a tractor "mows" a lawn into the NASA "meatball" logo by following waypoints loaded from a CSV.

Status

Milestone 1 — the tractor traces the full logo (orbit ring, blue circle, red vector, and NASA letters) from CSV waypoints, laying a flat "mowed" trail. Movement is kinematic/deterministic; the pen lifts between disconnected strokes; render layers keep the letters drawing on top. It then parks in a corner so it doesn't block the finished logo.

Project layout

• Assets/_Project/Scripts/Runtime — CSV loader, kinematic path follower, mowing visual (IMowingVisual + MowingVisual_Trail).
• Assets/_Project/Scripts/Editor — one-click scene builder: Tools ▸ NASA Sim ▸ Build Test Scene.
• Assets/_Project/Data — waypoint CSVs plus the Blender/Python exporters.
• Assets/_Project/README.md — full architecture notes.

Waypoint pipeline

1. Design the logo as an SVG and import it into Blender (File ▸ Import ▸ SVG).
2. Run Assets/_Project/Data/blender_export_waypoints.py from Blender's Scripting tab. It resamples every curve, lifts the pen between contours, closes loops, tags render layers, seams the ring at the bottom, and appends a corner-park waypoint — writing nasa_logo_clean.csv.
3. Assign that CSV to the scene's CsvWaypointLoader and press Play.

Requirements

Unity 6000.5.0f1 with the Universal Render Pipeline. Open the folder in Unity Hub.