Automatic Differentiable Procedural Modeling

dc.contributor.authorGaillard, Mathieuen_US
dc.contributor.authorKrs, Vojtechen_US
dc.contributor.authorGori, Giorgioen_US
dc.contributor.authorMech, Radomíren_US
dc.contributor.authorBenes, Bedrichen_US
dc.contributor.editorChaine, Raphaëlleen_US
dc.contributor.editorKim, Min H.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-22T06:28:37Z
dc.date.available2022-04-22T06:28:37Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractProcedural modeling allows for an automatic generation of large amounts of similar assets, but there is limited control over the generated output. We address this problem by introducing Automatic Differentiable Procedural Modeling (ADPM). The forward procedural model generates a final editable model. The user modifies the output interactively, and the modifications are transferred back to the procedural model as its parameters by solving an inverse procedural modeling problem. We present an auto-differentiable representation of the procedural model that significantly accelerates optimization. In ADPM the procedural model is always available, all changes are non-destructive, and the user can interactively model the 3D object while keeping the procedural representation. ADPM provides the user with precise control over the resulting model comparable to non-procedural interactive modeling. ADPM is node-based, and it generates hierarchical 3D scene geometry converted to a differentiable computational graph. Our formulation focuses on the differentiability of high-level primitives and bounding volumes of components of the procedural model rather than the detailed mesh geometry. Although this high-level formulation limits the expressiveness of user edits, it allows for efficient derivative computation and enables interactivity. We designed a new optimizer to solve for inverse procedural modeling. It can detect that an edit is under-determined and has degrees of freedom. Leveraging cheap derivative evaluation, it can explore the region of optimality of edits and suggest various configurations, all of which achieve the requested edit differently. We show our system's efficiency on several examples, and we validate it by a user study.en_US
dc.description.number2
dc.description.sectionheadersModeling and Editing II
dc.description.seriesinformationComputer Graphics Forum
dc.description.volume41
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/cgf.14475
dc.identifier.issn1467-8659
dc.identifier.pages289-307
dc.identifier.pages19 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.14475
dc.identifier.urihttps://diglib.eg.org:443/handle/10.1111/cgf14475
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Association and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.en_US
dc.subjectCCS Concepts: Computing methodologies --> Shape modeling; Interactive simulation
dc.subjectComputing methodologies
dc.subjectShape modeling
dc.subjectInteractive simulation
dc.titleAutomatic Differentiable Procedural Modelingen_US
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