A Procedural Approach to Authoring Solid Models
Barbara Cutler, Julie Dorsey, Leonard McMillan, Matthias Müller, Robert Jagnow
In ACM Transactions on Graphics, 21(3), July 2002.
Abstract: We present a procedural approach to authoring layered, solid models. Using a simple scripting language, we define the internal structure of a volume from one or more input meshes. Sculpting and simulation operators are applied within the context of the language to shape and modify the model. Our framework treats simulation as a modeling operator rather than simply as a tool for animation, thereby suggesting a new paradigm for modeling as well as a new level of abstraction for interacting with simulation environments. Capturing real-world effects with standard modeling techniques is extremely challenging. Our key contribution is a concise procedural approach for seamlessly building and modifying complex solid geometry. We present an implementation of our language using a flexible tetrahedral representation. We show a variety of complex objects modeled in our system using tools that interface with finite element method and particle system simulations.
Keyword(s): volumetric modeling, signed-distance function, tetrahedral representation
@article{Cutler:2002:APA,
author = {Barbara Cutler and Julie Dorsey and Leonard McMillan and Matthias Müller and Robert Jagnow},
title = {A Procedural Approach to Authoring Solid Models},
journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics},
volume = {21},
number = {3},
pages = {302--311},
month = jul,
year = {2002},
}
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