Procedural Modeling

Example-Based Procedural Modeling Using Graph Grammars

Paul Merrell

Journal meta-only SIGGRAPH 2023 Geometry & Modeling
Procedural Modeling Graph Grammar Inverse Procedural Modeling Shape Synthesis Geometry Processing

Forming Terrains by Glacial Erosion

Guillaume Cordonnier, Guillaume Jouvet, Adrien Peytavie, Jean Braun, Marie-Paule Cani, Bedrich Benes, Eric Galin, Eric Guérin, James Gain

Journal meta-only SIGGRAPH 2023 Geometry & Modeling
Terrain Modeling Glacial Erosion Procedural Modeling Physical Simulation Landscape Generation

MesoGen: Designing Procedural On-Surface Stranded Mesostructures

Élie Michel, Tamy Boubekeur

Conference SIGGRAPH 2023 Geometry & Modeling
Procedural Modeling Mesostructure Wave Function Collapse Tiling Shell Mapping Interactive Modeling

Rhizomorph: The Coordinated Function of Shoots and Roots

Bosheng Li, Jonathan Klein, Dominik L. Michels, Bedrich Benes, Sören Pirk, Wojtek Palubicki

Journal meta-only SIGGRAPH 2023 Geometry & Modeling
Procedural Modeling Tree Modeling Root System Plant Simulation Developmental Model

ShapeCoder: Discovering Abstractions for Visual Programs from Unstructured Primitives

R. Kenny Jones, Paul Guerrero, Niloy J. Mitra, Daniel Ritchie

Journal SIGGRAPH 2023 Geometry & Modeling
Procedural Modeling Visual Program Library Learning Shape Abstraction E-Graph

Interactive Invigoration: Volumetric Modeling of Trees with Strands

Bosheng Li, Nikolas Alexander Schwarz, Wojtek Palubicki, Sören Pirk, Bedrich Benes

Journal meta-only SIGGRAPH 2024 Geometry & Modeling
Tree Modeling Procedural Modeling Volumetric Representation Strands Interactive Authoring Botanical Simulation Branch Development

Recompose Grammars for Procedural Architecture

Niklaus Houska, Cheryl Lau, Matthias Specht

Conference meta-only SIGGRAPH 2024 Geometry & Modeling
Procedural Modeling Shape Grammar Architectural Modeling Grammar Rewriting

Terrain Amplification using Multi-Scale Erosion

Hugo Schott, Eric Galin, Eric Guérin, Axel Paris, Adrien Peytavie

Journal meta-only SIGGRAPH 2024 Animation & Simulation
Terrain Amplification Erosion Simulation Procedural Modeling Heightfield Thermal Erosion Stream Power Erosion Multi-Scale Virtual Worlds

Interactive Optimization of Scaffolded Procedural Patterns

Davide Sforza, Marzia Riso, Filippo Muzzini, Nicola Capodieci, Fabio Pellacini

Conference SIGGRAPH 2025 Geometry & Modeling
Procedural Modeling Inverse Procedural Modeling Signed Distance Function Sketch-Based Modeling Interactive Editing GPU

Sphere Carving: Bounding Volumes for Signed Distance Fields

Hugo Schott, Theo Thonat, Thibaud Lambert, Eric Guérin, Eric Galin, Axel Paris

Journal meta-only SIGGRAPH 2025 Rendering
Signed Distance Fields Bounding Volumes Sphere Tracing Implicit Surfaces Ray Tracing Procedural Modeling

Stressful Tree Modeling: Breaking Branches with Strands

Bosheng Li, Nikolas Alexander Schwarz, Wojtek Palubicki, Sören Pirk, Dominik L. Michels, Bedrich Benes

Conference meta-only SIGGRAPH 2025 Animation & Simulation
Tree Modeling Procedural Modeling Physically Based Simulation Stress Analysis Branch Breaking

Transforming Unstructured Hair Strands into Procedural Hair Grooms

Wesley Chang, Andrew L. Russell, Stephane Grabli, Matt Jen-Yuan Chiang, Christophe Hery, Doug Roble, Ravi Ramamoorthi, Tzu-Mao Li, Olivier Maury

Journal SIGGRAPH 2025 Geometry & Modeling
Hair Modeling Procedural Modeling Inverse Procedural Modeling Grooming Operators Guide Strands Optimization Sliced Wasserstein Distance Determinantal Point Process

Gabor Fields: Orientation-Selective Level-of-Detail for Volume Rendering

Jorge Condor, Nicolai Hermann, Mehmet Ata Yurtsever, Piotr Didyk

Journal SIGGRAPH 2026 Rendering
Volume Rendering Level of Detail Gabor Kernel Path Tracing Procedural Modeling

Toward Richer Material Generation via Procedural Data Enhancement

Yunchen Yu, Jacob Munkberg, Jon Hasselgren, Chris Cummings, Steve Marschner, Andrea Weidlich

Conference SIGGRAPH 2026 Rendering
Neural Materials BRDF Material Generation Procedural Modeling Video Diffusion Model Data Augmentation

Authoring and Simulating Meandering Rivers

Axel Paris, Eric Guérin, Pauline Collon, Eric Galin

Journal meta-only SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 Geometry & Modeling
Procedural Modeling Terrain Generation River Network Physical Simulation Interactive Authoring

GarmentCode: Programming Parametric Sewing Patterns

Maria Korosteleva, Olga Sorkine-Hornung

Journal SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 Geometry & Modeling
Garment Modeling Sewing Pattern Parametric Design Domain-Specific Language Procedural Modeling

Direct Manipulation of Procedural Implicit Surfaces

Marzia Riso, Élie Michel, Axel Paris, Valentin Deschaintre, Mathieu Gaillard, Fabio Pellacini

Journal SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Geometry & Modeling
Implicit Surface Procedural Modeling Direct Manipulation Automatic Differentiation Interactive Editing

FaçAID: A Transformer Model for Neuro-Symbolic Facade Reconstruction

Aleksander Plocharski, Jan Swidzinski, Joanna Porter-Sobieraj, Przemyslaw Musialski

Conference SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Reconstruction
Neuro Symbolic Procedural Modeling Facade Reconstruction Transformer Split Grammar Inverse Procedural Modeling

Large Scale Farm Scene Modeling from Remote Sensing Imagery

Zhiqi Xiao, Hao Jiang, Zhigang Deng, Ran Li, Wenwei Han, Zhaoqi Wang

Journal meta-only SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Geometry & Modeling
Procedural Modeling Remote Sensing Scene Generation Farm Scene

Autoregressive Generation of Static and Growing Trees

Hanxiao Wang, Biao Zhang, Jonathan Klein, Dominik L. Michels, Dongming Yan, Peter Wonka

Conference SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Neural & Generative
Tree Generation Autoregressive Model Hourglass Transformer 3D Generation Procedural Modeling

Design for Descent: What Makes a Shape Grammar Easy to Optimize?

Milin Kodnongbua, Zihan Jack Zhang, Nicholas Sharp, Adriana Schulz

Conference SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Geometry & Modeling
Shape Grammar Procedural Modeling Gradient Descent Inverse Design Differentiable Rendering