A Modelling Method and User Interface for Creating Plants
Abstract
We present a modelling method and graphical user interface for the creation of natural branching structures such as plants. Structural and geometric information is encapsulated in objects that are combined to form a description of the model. The model is represented graphically as a structure graph and can be edited interactively. Global and partial constraint techniques are integrated on the basis of tropisms, free-form deformations and pruning operations to allow the modelling of specific shapes. We show examples to illustrate the design process and evaluate the user interface.
BibTeX
@article {10.1111:1467-8659.00216,
journal = {Computer Graphics Forum},
title = {{A Modelling Method and User Interface for Creating Plants}},
author = {Lintermann, Bernd and Deussen, Oliver},
year = {1998},
publisher = {Blackwell Publishers Ltd and the Eurographics Association},
ISSN = {1467-8659},
DOI = {10.1111/1467-8659.00216}
}
journal = {Computer Graphics Forum},
title = {{A Modelling Method and User Interface for Creating Plants}},
author = {Lintermann, Bernd and Deussen, Oliver},
year = {1998},
publisher = {Blackwell Publishers Ltd and the Eurographics Association},
ISSN = {1467-8659},
DOI = {10.1111/1467-8659.00216}
}