The Investigation on the Influence of Cultural Consideration in Shape Segmentation

Abstract:

Shape grammar has been used widely to analyze and generate designs by its computation and generation ability. In shape computation, shape segmentation is very crucial for choosing constituents and the change of the constituents always causes the change of the shape rules totally. However previous research on shape segmentation cannot provide a reliable method to segment the shape into constituents when calculating with shape. In this study, we propose a culture related approach that can help designer deciding the constituent in shape segmentation. We investigate cultural considerations that embedded in the artifact and explore how these cultural considerations can help determining the constituent and the way to segment the shape. A case study is conducted to demonstrate how the cultural considerations can be used to provide cultural hints to choose the constituents in shape segmentation.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 201-202)
• Pages: 920-923
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.201-202.920
• Online since: October 2012
• Authors: Yu Wu
• Keywords: Chinese Lattice, Constituent, Cultural Hint, Shape Computation, Shape Grammar

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