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Sketch-based tree modeling by distribution control on planes

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Jia Liu,

Xiaopeng Zhang,

Hongjun LiAuthors Info & Claims

VRCAI '10: Proceedings of the 9th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and its Applications in Industry

Pages 185 - 190

https://doi.org/10.1145/1900179.1900219

Published: 12 December 2010 Publication History

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Modeling trees in a plausible and fast way is a challenge in virtual reality. A new sketch-based tree modeling method is presented in this paper. A realistic 3D tree model can be generated automatically from freehand sketches of users: sketches of main branches and crown silhouette on one input image, and sketches of two boundary branches and crown silhouette on anther input image. Input sketches are used to describe two vertical sides of a tree. 3D main branches are constructed by distribution control on multiple planes. Small branches are generated within the crown silhouettes based on self-similarity. Technical contribution of this work is that a new distribution control theory is proposed and used for branch depth setting, as makes the modeling method simple and fast. Experiments demonstrate that realistic 3D tree models with even branch distribution could be quickly obtained through simple sketching.

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Index Terms

Sketch-based tree modeling by distribution control on planes
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Computer graphics
    1. Graphics systems and interfaces
      1. Virtual reality
    2. 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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VRCAI '10: Proceedings of the 9th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference on Virtual-Reality Continuum and its Applications in Industry

December 2010

399 pages

ISBN:9781450304597

DOI:10.1145/1900179

General Chairs:
Hyun Seung Yang
KAIST, Korea
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Kazumasa Enami
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan
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Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann
MIRALab, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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Jim Chen
George Mason University
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Program Chairs:
Seiki Inoue
NHK Science and Technical Research Labs, Japan
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Zhigeng Pan
State Key Lab of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University, China
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Jong -IL Park
Hanyang University, Korea

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Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation
National Key Technology R&D Program of China
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Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China

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VRCAI '10: Virtual Reality Continuum and its Applications in Industry

December 12 - 13, 2010

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Tao ZShi RGastellu-Etchegorry JShi JWu NTian BGao W(2021)Effects of Plant and Scene Modeling on Canopy NDVI Simulation: A Case Study on Phragmites Australis and Spartina AlternifloraIEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing10.1109/JSTARS.2021.308858014(6451-6466)Online publication date: 2021
https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2021.3088580
Bao GLi HZhang XChe WJaeger M(2011)Realistic real-time rendering for large-scale forest scenes2011 IEEE International Symposium on VR Innovation10.1109/ISVRI.2011.5759637(217-223)Online publication date: Mar-2011
https://doi.org/10.1109/ISVRI.2011.5759637

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