\documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{luamplib} \begin{document} \begin{mplibcode} beginfig(1); path p; p = origin -- dir 30; numeric n; for i=1 upto 12: n := length p; p := p rotated 45; p := p & reverse p rotatedabout(point n of p, 90); endfor draw p scaled (384 / xpart (urcorner p - llcorner p)) withcolor (.2,.2,.7); endfig; \end{mplibcode} \end{document}