Growth Paradigms for Procedural Modeling

There is a history of growth-based procedural modeling for a wide range of geometry domain – from trees to urban environments. Growth based modeling has the advantage of emergent behaviour which is easily understood, and geometrically smooth. Such smoothness is important for domains such as model fitting and rule creation user interfaces, as explored in previous work. Goals for this project may include creating a unified growth language useful for multiple domains and creating user interfaces for growth-based modeling.

<p>Example videos: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ITDVFtcJl8">growing houses</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuFWJjtnn5Q">growing crystals</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&amp;v=9PbrI4X4prQ">growing floorplans</a>.</p>

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