Continuous model synthesis

Abstract

We present a novel method for procedurally modeling large complex shapes. Our approach is general-purpose and takes as input any 3D polyhedral model provided by a user. The algorithm exploits the connectivity between the adjacent boundary features of the input model and computes an output model that has similar connected features and resembles the input. No additional user input is needed to guide the model generation and the algorithm proceeds automatically. In practice, our algorithm is simple to implement and can generate a variety of complex shapes representing buildings, landscapes, and 3D fractal shapes in a few minutes.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2008
Source ID
10.1145/1409060.1409111

Entities

People

  • Dinesh Manocha
  • Paul Merrell

Organizations

  • Army Research Office
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • National Science Foundation
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Graph Algorithms and Convex Optimization.
  • Systems Analysis and Design