Procedural Generation of Parcels in Urban Modeling

Eurographics 2012

Carlos Vanegas, Tom Kelly, Basil Weber, Jan Halatsch, Daniel G. Aliaga & Pascal Müller


We present a method for interactive procedural generation of parcels within the urban modeling pipeline. Our approach performs a partitioning of the interior of city blocks using user‐specified subdivision attributes and style parameters. Moreover, our method is both robust and persistent in the sense of being able to map individual parcels from before an edit operation to after an edit operation – this enables transferring most, if not all, customizations despite small to large‐scale interactive editing operations. The guidelines guarantee that the resulting subdivisions are functionally and geometrically plausible for subsequent building modeling and construction. Our results include visual and statistical comparisons that demonstrate how the parcel configurations created by our method can closely resemble those found in real‐world cities of a large variety of styles. By directly addressing the block subdivision problem, we intend to increase the editability and realism of the urban modeling pipeline and to become a standard in parcel generation for future urban modeling methods.

The techniques in this paper are implemented in Esri’s CityEngine.

 

Papers

C. Vanegas, T. Kelly, B. Weber, J. Halatsch, D. Aliaga, and P. Müller, Procedural Generation of Parcels in Urban Modeling, Computer Graphics Forum, vol. 31, iss. 2pt3, p. 681–690, 2012.
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We present a method for interactive procedural generation of parcels within the urban modeling pipeline. Our approach performs a partitioning of the interior of city blocks using user?specified subdivision attributes and style parameters. Moreover, our method is both robust and persistent in the sense of being able to map individual parcels from before an edit operation to after an edit operation ? this enables transferring most, if not all, customizations despite small to large?scale interactive editing operations. The guidelines guarantee that the resulting subdivisions are functionally and geometrically plausible for subsequent building modeling and construction. Our results include visual and statistical comparisons that demonstrate how the parcel configurations created by our method can closely resemble those found in real?world cities of a large variety of styles. By directly addressing the block subdivision problem, we intend to increase the editability and realism of the urban modeling pipeline and to become a standard in parcel generation for future urban modeling methods.
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note = {{\copyright} 2012 The Author(s) Computer Graphics Forum {\copyright} 2012 The Eurographics Association and Blackwell Publishing Ltd. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Vanegas, CA, Kelly, T , Weber, B et al. (3 more authors) (2012) Procedural Generation of Parcels in Urban Modeling. Computer Graphics Forum, 31 (2). 2pt3. pp. 681-690, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8659.2012.03047.x. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.},
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abstract = {We present a method for interactive procedural generation of parcels within the urban modeling pipeline. Our approach performs a partitioning of the interior of city blocks using user?specified subdivision attributes and style parameters. Moreover, our method is both robust and persistent in the sense of being able to map individual parcels from before an edit operation to after an edit operation ? this enables transferring most, if not all, customizations despite small to large?scale interactive editing operations. The guidelines guarantee that the resulting subdivisions are functionally and geometrically plausible for subsequent building modeling and construction. Our results include visual and statistical comparisons that demonstrate how the parcel configurations created by our method can closely resemble those found in real?world cities of a large variety of styles. By directly addressing the block subdivision problem, we intend to increase the editability and realism of the urban modeling pipeline and to become a standard in parcel generation for future urban modeling methods.}
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tom kelly

tom kelly

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