JCSE, vol. 4, no. 3, pp.240-252, 2010

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A New Conception in Constructive Branching Structures and Leaves using L-system

Yasser M. Abd El-Latif
Mathematics Department (Computer Science) Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University Abbassia 11566, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract: One of the important open problems in modeling plants is the extension of subdivision algorithms to branching structures. Most of the applications use the concept of L-system to produce branching structures as a sequence of lines and apply the subdivision scheme to appear as curves. In this paper, we explain how L-systems can be modified to produce branching structures. This is also very useful for generating the geometry of various shapes. The proposed technique, called an adaptive L-System, describes branching forms and leaves by making local curve without applying the subdivision steps. Advantages of the suggested algorithm over previous techniques are given. Validation of the algorithm are discussed, analyzed and illustrated by some experimental results.

Keyword: Computational Geometry and Object Modeling, L-system, and Subdivision Scheme

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