Title
Interactive Iconized Grammar‐Based Pailou Modelling
Abstract
Pailous are representative Chinese architectural works used for commemoration. However, their geometric structure and semantic construction rules are too complex for quick and intuitive modelling using traditional modelling tools. We propose an intuitive modelling system for the stylized creation of pailous for novices. Our system encapsulates structural components as icons and semantic layouts as topological graphs, using which users create and manipulate icons with topological recommendations. The interpreter automatically and immediately transforms a graph to its corresponding model using built-in components with the proposed parametric L-system grammars derived from architectural rules. Using this system to re-create existing representative pailous and design imaginary ones yields results with the desired visual complexities. In comparison to Maya, a 3D modelling tool, when modelling a pailou and toukung, our system is effective and simple, and eliminates the need to remember and understand complex rules.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1111/cgf.13661
COMPUTER GRAPHICS FORUM
Keywords
Field
DocType
architectural modelling,icon-based procedural modelling,interactive modelling
Computer science,Grammar,Theoretical computer science,Human–computer interaction
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
39.0
1.0
0167-7055
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Zhong‐Qi Cai100.34
Ying‐Sheng Luo200.34
Yu-Chi Lai311717.42
Chih‐Shiang Chan400.34
Wen-Kai Tai511916.71