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Interactive architectural modeling with procedural extrusions

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ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), Volume 30, Issue 2

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1944846.1944854

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We present an interactive procedural modeling system for the exterior of architectural models. Our modeling system is based on procedural extrusions of building footprints. The main novelty of our work is that we can model difficult architectural surfaces in a procedural framework, for example, curved roofs, overhanging roofs, dormer windows, interior dormer windows, roof constructions with vertical walls, buttresses, chimneys, bay windows, columns, pilasters, and alcoves. We present a user interface to interactively specify procedural extrusions, a sweep plane algorithm to compute a two-manifold architectural surface, and applications to architectural modeling.

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Interactive architectural modeling with procedural extrusions
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Computer graphics
    1. Shape modeling
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Development frameworks and environments
      1. Application specific development environments

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ACM Transactions on Graphics Volume 30, Issue 2

April 2011

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DOI:10.1145/1944846

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Published: 22 April 2011

Accepted: 01 December 2010

Received: 01 November 2010

Published in TOG Volume 30, Issue 2

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