\documentclass[border=5mm]{standalone} \usepackage{luamplib} \begin{document} \mplibtextextlabel{enable} \begin{mplibcode} vardef gasket(expr t, s, limit) = if length (point 1 of t - point 0 of t) < limit: fill t; else: save little_t; path little_t; little_t = t scaled s; for i=1 upto length t: gasket(little_t shifted (point i of t - point i of little_t), s, limit); endfor fi enddef; beginfig(1); path T; T = for i = 1 upto 3: 220 up rotated (120i) -- endfor cycle; gasket(T, 1/2, 20); endfig; \end{mplibcode} \end{document}