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Metropolis Procedural Modeling

ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG) , 30(2), April 2011

Publication date: April 1, 2011

J. Talton, Y. Lou, S. Lesser, J. Duke, Radomír Měch, V. Koltun

Procedural representations provide powerful means for generating complex geometric structures. They are also notoriously difficult to control. In this paper, we present an algorithm for controlling grammar-based procedural models. Given a grammar and a high-level specification of the desired production, the algorithm computes a production from the grammar that con-forms to the specification. This production is generated by optimizing over the space of possible productions from the grammar. The algorithm sup-ports specifications of many forms, including geometric shapes and analytical objectives. We demonstrate the algorithm on procedural models of trees,cities, buildings, and Mondrian paintings.

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Research Area:  Adobe Research iconGraphics (2D & 3D)