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Procedural floor plan generation from building sketches

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We present a method for automated reconstruction of building interiors from hand-drawn building sketches. Image processing is used to extract the building’s outline and openings. Then, a procedural generation algorithm creates a floor plan according to user requisites. The proposed method handles a wide variety of input image styles and building shapes, including non-convex polygons. Possible applications include architectural tools and digital content generation.

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This work was conducted with financial support from the Brazilian research agencies CAPES, CNPq and FAPERGS.

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  1. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Daniel Camozzato, Leandro Dihl & Soraia R. Musse

  2. Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, São Leopoldo, Brazil

    Ivan Silveira & Fernando Marson

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Camozzato, D., Dihl, L., Silveira, I. et al. Procedural floor plan generation from building sketches. Vis Comput 31, 753–763 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00371-015-1102-2

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