CS447Set#11Slides.ppt

Many natural effects are not efficiently represented by geometric models discussed earlier in this course For example, the tiny water drops in fog, trees in a forest , or leaves on a branch or twig can only be reasonably generated procedurally Many natural effects may affect the environment in ways unlike those illumination models discusses earlier For example, fog is seen as a blur in the air -- not as millions of drops of water; this means that fog alters the light reaching the viewpoint Advanced Modeling... ...goes beyond geometric models ...allows simple modeling of complex phenomena ...provides for database amplification Advanced Modeling techniques include... ...Grammar based models ...Particle systems ...Fractal systems Grammar based models... ...provides methods for describing the structure of plants ...use parallel graph grammar languages (called graftals!) ...are languages described by a collection of productions which are all applied at once ...for example, A-AA creates results of A, AA, AAAA, etc. ...for example, B-A[B] creates results of B, A[B], AA[B], etc. Grammar based models... ...use [ ] for left branches and ( ) for right branches A - AA and B - A[B]AA(B) create a 2nd generation of: AA[A[B]AA(B)]AAAA(A[B]AA(B)) Grammar based models... ...use biological productions to simulate plants in development ...describe the topology of plants ...also describe the shape including the directions of branches and the arrangement of leaves To simulate the growth of plants using graftals, languages include information on... ...the current age ...the growth rate of each segment ...the probabilities of death, dormancy, growth ...the shape (depending on type and age) ...the branch angles (depending on type and age) ...the color and texture of each segment Pseudo code simulates the growth of plants using graftals: For (each moment in time) For (each bud that is still alive) Determine whether the bud dies, is dorman