import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs
import random as ran

#deleting and starting from scratch
allobjs = rs.AllObjects()
rs.DeleteObjects(allobjs)

bsize = 10               #side length of box
dist = 1                #distance between boxes
offs = bsize+dist       #offset of boxes
num = 10

#parameters of the box
corners = [(0,0,0), (bsize,0,0), (bsize,bsize,0), (0,bsize,0), (0,0,bsize), (bsize,0,bsize), (bsize,bsize,bsize), (0,bsize,bsize)]

#gotta be fast
rs.EnableRedraw(False)

#creating the box and the pattern
for k in range(num):
    for i in range(num):
        for j in range(num):
            #myran = ran.randint(1,10)
            if not((i+j+k)%5):
                box = rs.AddBox(corners)
                rs.MoveObject(box, (j*offs,i*offs,k*offs))
                #rs.ObjectColor(box, (j*(255/num),i*(255/num),k*(255/num)))
                
                #assigning glass material
                glass = rs.AddMaterialToObject(box)
                rs.MaterialColor(glass, (0,0,255))
                rs.MaterialTransparency(glass, 0.8)
                rs.MaterialShine(glass, 100)
                rs.MaterialReflectiveColor(glass, (200, 200, 255))
                rs.ObjectMaterialIndex(box, glass)
                
                #make outlines
                bbox = rs.BoundingBox(box)
                outline = []
                for o in range(4):
                    outline.append(rs.AddLine(bbox[o], bbox[(o+1)%4]))
                    outline.append(rs.AddLine(bbox[o+4], bbox[(o+1)%4+4]))
                    outline.append(rs.AddLine(bbox[o], bbox[o+4]))
                for line in outline:
                    rs.ObjectColor(line, (255,255,0))

#rotating one quarter of the creation
rs.RotateObjects(rs.AllObjects(), (offs*num,offs*num,0), 90, None, True)

#mirroring the rest
rs.MirrorObjects(rs.AllObjects(), (offs*num,offs*num,0), (0,offs*num,0), True)