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creating smarter
design tools
the quest for
artificial imagination
first online 3D
sketch interpreter
now machines
think spatially
free 3D CAD
for experiments



an initiative of Lai4d Systems  


The design of 2D or 3D geometries is involved in most of science, art and engineering activities. Modern design tools are powerful and boost the productivity of designers, but require a lot of training, effort and time to achieve a good understanding and an efficient exploitation. LAI4D is a non-profit R&D project whose aim is to develop an artificial intelligence able to emulate cognitive functions regarding spatial imagination and other capabilities. This technology will help improve the communication between designers and design tools as well as accelerate the engineering process.






3D Sketch Interpreter
FEATURES RESEARCH CAD DOCS FAQ RELEASES T&C

video The practical implementation of the project has been conceived as a dual web application that can work as a 3D viewer widget or as a free light 3D CAD tool providing the adequate environment for the project. This CAD tool incorporates a special design assistant capable of extracting conceptual geometries from pictures or sketches provided by the user as input thanks to innovative AI algorithms.

Additionally LAI4D tries to reduce the inherent complexity of professional design tools which, despite being suitable for experienced users, are almost unreachable for other people not trained in the usage of CAD systems and only in need of an occasional use. The selected implementation approach not only allows the users an easy access to the tool, but is also an excellent mean to build a community of designers that will provide the necessary feedback for the system in order to make it bigger and smarter. Start creating 3D models with the LAI4D designer.


FEATURES OF THE FREE WIDGET

LAI4D source editor The LAI4D widget is a minimalist 3D viewer and designer for the web, all in one, and is used as a test-bed for the research. This widget can be easily embedded in other web pages in the form of an IFRAME element whose URL indicates the drawing source. The viewer allows to render and explore 3D drawings in web pages without the need of plugins even if the device is not WebGL enabled. The designer is the free drawing tool for the people without the time to learn the usage of a professional CAD application and that need results in minutes. It allows to create 3D drawings by writing the description of the geometries using a really simple language.

LAI4D viewerAs opposed to most modern applications, direct source edition as plain text takes again relevance in LAI4D because it is straightforward for occasional and inexperienced users requiring a minimum learning effort. At the same time, the created drawings can be shared through the Internet uploading them to the LAI4D server from the own designer widget. And if a more advanced usage is required, a rich command and graphic interface is also available.

Although LAI4D has not been conceived as a professional CAD tool, it can handle any kind of design since it offers the following elements:
  • Polygonal lines and polyhedrons.
  • Spheres, cones and revolved surfaces.
  • Curved lines, pipes, organic surfaces and meshes.
  • Signals with texts and images.
  • Algorithmic shapes.
  • Molecular structures.
Additionally LAI4D offers other interesting features such as:
  • Lai4dCL which is one of the simplest text based drawing formats, and much more comfortable than XML based formats.
  • The inheritance strategy that allows to easily define an entity or part of an entity from another one.
  • The use of sub-drawings logically contained in an entity making the drawing to work much the same as a navigable tree of folders.
  • The possibility of attaching hyperlinks or custom user data to any entity of the drawing.
  • The algorithmic generation of entities requiring only JavaScript knowledge from the user.
  • A free online storage service that allows the immediate sharing of the created drawings through the Internet in case the user doesn't have his own web space.
  • The control of entities, view configuration or behavior options through URL instructions.
  • Import and export capabilities for other drawing formats.
  • A 3D sketch interpreter that uses AI to conceptualize hand-made drawings.

LAI4D designer UI All graphic functions of LAI4D are based on the capabilities of the canvas HTML element. Although major web browsers are WebGL enabled, in case of need LAI4D can work both with WebGL and canvas 2D rendering contexts. Obviously the performance when using canvas 2D is less than that when using WebGL (accelerated graphics hardware) but, at least, it allows to handle 3D geometries in any device.

LAI4D can be used not only online but also offline. The LAI4D web page downloaded from the Internet can be saved to a local drive of the client's machine using the standard "Save as" function of the web browser normally located in the "File" menu. This will allow the user to work offline regardless of whether the LAI4D page has been cached or not by the browser. This is particularly necessary if the user wants to create a distributable HTML document containing embedded LAI4D drawings as IFRAME elements that can be displayed both online from the Internet or offline from the local drive of a computer.

The user interface is structured in order to allow an easy access to the functions. The most common functions are grouped at the corners of the viewport while the rest of functions and configurations are organized in a tree view control.

The detailed functionalities of LAI4D can be found in the reference manual at the documentation section.


RESEARCH

We taught the machines to understand our speech. We taught the machines to understand our writing.
And now we are teaching the machines to understand our spatial ideas

video Designers spend an important part of their work time transferring decisions to the design tool. This is normally done by means of commands configured with coordinates or other parameters. The design assistant available in the designer widget is an experimental tool intended to provide a new way of communication between the user and the design application. Its goal could be explained as the capability of understanding the user ideas. When the assistant analyzes a user's input, what it is essentially doing is trying to understand that input in order to generate a canonical or formal response ready to be exploited for design purposes. The tool can be basically used in two ways:
  • Entering a text string in order to be parsed obtaining the corresponding formal data structure, or in order to find help about a topic.
  • Making a sketch or uploading a picture in order to obtain the corresponding conceptual geometry after a heuristic interpretation process.

box conceptualizationThe sketch interpreter of the design assistant is the face of the conceptualizer program JAIC. The goal of this program is to "imagine" the conceptual geometry represented by an imprecise raster image in a probabilistic way regardless of whether it is a recognizable shape or not. The sample image shows a set of irregular strokes at the left side, and it is what it is, a sketch with irregular strokes. Despite their imprecision, a person could also say that the strokes represent a box, like the one at the right side. The necessary process to reach to the conclusion that those irregular strokes are representing a perspective view of a box is a conceptualization process. While a box is a well-known shape, the conceptualization can also be extended to the comprehension of non-recognizable and never-seen-before geometries when such geometries have some kind of sense.

JAIC only uses recognition for the OCR function. Convolutional neural networks are very good for finding similarities between an input and a database of patterns, like in the OCR, but this approach is not enough to solve the problem of conceptualizing generic images. Although humans count with biological 3D sensors like stereographic view and ocular focus, much of the image interpretation is achieved through conceptualization. Indeed when a human watches TV or plays a computer simulation game or remotely pilots a vehicle through a screen, is the conceptual vision the only mechanism in charge of building the 3D scenes on his mind because no other 3D information is actually available. The LAI4D research is an indirect approach to the understanding of the human conceptual vision which probably is one of the key pieces for an enhanced motor dexterity of autonomous robots and higher cognitive capabilities like artificial imagination.

Sketch interpreter UIJAIC is progressively implementing the necessary knowledge to try to understand the 2D or 3D conceptual geometry represented by sketch images under certain conditions. When the analysis is successful the program generates the corresponding canonical geometric entities offering the possibility of adding them to the drawing. Although the current capabilities of JAIC are still very limited its potential is great.

Traditionally humans share complex ideas through plans, sketches or other graphic means because they are more efficient for transmitting the huge amount of information needed to describe such ideas. Unfortunately this strategy does not work so efficiently when the recipient is a machine since it usually demands the information in a canonical format. But, what if the machine were able to understand the user's ideas? That is the path LAI4D is trying to open by developing JAIC.

This technology is absolutely experimental and is at a very early stage of development. A big effort has been done for implementing the first versions as a client side application offering useful offline capabilities, but this cannot be a long term strategy due to the limited power of personal computers. In the future most of its functionality will run on remote servers better fitted for executing the heavy queries and brute force algorithms involved in artificial intelligence tasks. See the section "Working with sketches" of the Reference manual for more details.

LINKS TO OTHER RESOURCES
Although the research carried out by LAI4D is quite singular due to the fact of not being based on conventional deep learning, there are other research projects or organizations pursuing similar goals. Next it is offered a list of interesting links that can be classified under the concepts of sketch recognition, 3D reconstruction or 3D shape retrieval, as well as others with a more general AI scope:



CAD EXAMPLES

Click on the image links to open the examples in a new window. Some of them may take several seconds to render. All details about the entities used to compose these examples can be found in the reference manual at the documentation section.

Paper airplane
A very simple geometry representing a paper airplane
It is composed of a single polynet with 4 faces.
No styles are used so default colors are applied.
Face
This example composed of a single "curve" entity representing a human face profile demonstrates the versatility of this type of entity. If two consecutive vertices are equal then the corresponding segment evaluates to a single point. If two consecutive vertices are equal and the next two consecutive vertices are also equal then a straight segment is generated between the two pairs of vertices. Thanks to this the "curve" entity can represent linear geometries with corners mixing straight and curved segments.
In this case all the vertices of the curve are placed at the same plane so it is a 2D geometry, but the "curve" entity also accepts 3D vertices. If the vertices of a regular hexagon are used as vertices of a closed "curve" entity, then the obtained geometry looks much like a circle.
Pipe
The example is composed of a "pipe" entity. This type of entities are defined by a profile and a guideline, and both can be either open or closed. Organic surfaces may take several seconds to render.
Profiles or guidelines can mix curved and straight segments and can have corners since they are defined through the same algorithm used for the "curve" entity. A profile can be defined by a set of 3D points so does not need to be planar. The profile is assumed to be referenced to the origin {0,0,0} and to the orientation defined by the Z axis. The surface is built by translating copies of the profile from the origin (reference point of the profile) to the points of the guideline and, at the same time, reorienting the profile copy making the reference Z axis tangent to the guideline.
Extruded surfaces can be generated using a straight segment as guideline.
Drone
This design is an example of the use of "patch" entities. There are only two original surfaces: one patch for the delta wing and other patch for the air intake. The rest of surfaces are obtained by means of symmetries from the two previous ones. Note how the border lines of the patches can be either straight or curved lines. Organic surfaces may take several seconds to render. Some lines have been used to decorate the drone.
There is a hidden entity (a tri-axis only used as reference and placed at the zone of the outlet nozzle) with an attached sub-drawing containing auxiliary entities used during the design.
Curve inherited from line
This is an illustrative example of the use of inheritance. Inherited entities must have a "name" member while heir entities must have an "inherit" member indicating the name of the entity from which to inherit. All members of the inherited entity will be "copied" to the heir entity with the exception of those already present in the heir entity which will be preserved.
The drawing contains a "line" entity whose name is "a" defined by 6 vertices each of which has been assigned a color. The drawing also contains a "curve" entity whose definition is inherited from that of the entity named "a", the "line" entity, so it passes through the same vertices. Note how the line is open while the curve is closed because the curve has a member "closed" set to a non-zero value.
Tetrahedron with signals
This example is composed of a single polynet that incorporates the four available types of signals. All the signals are anchored to the same vertex. The polynet has a member "link" (attaches a link) that points to the drawing itself so, when navigated, the same drawing is opened in a new window.
The dot signal is placed directly over the anchored point. The polygon signal is used as a leading line joining the vertex and the text. The text signal has an offset with respect the vertex. The source of the image signal has been codified in Base64 instead of using its path so it is not an external resource but an internal one.
Spiral screw
This is an example of a "revolved" entity. By default this type of entity builds a surface of revolution with the given profile around the Z axis, but it can optionally be a screw like surface providing the "advance" member, as it is done in this example.
Profiles can mix curved and straight segments and can have corners since they are defined through the same algorithm used for the "curve" entity. A profile can be defined by a set of 3D points so it does not need to be planar. In this case the profile curve represents a 3D spiral.
Cones and cylinders can be generated using a straight segment as profile.
Organic surfaces may take several seconds to render.
Home
This example represents a simplified distribution of the walls of a house. Each wall is composed of a single "face" entity, even those with windows. The trick to build a face with holes is to consider the borders of the holes as borders of the face. In theory, the vertices of a face should be in the same plane but LAI4D does not perform any checking. It simply projects the vertices and paints the corresponding polygon which may seem strange if that set of vertices is not well constructed. The black lines are auxiliary and can be hidden, they are not part of the faces. One of the walls defines the wall color and the other ones inherit it. The selected color is semitransparent.
This drawing includes a view definition and a configuration for avoiding the camera inclination.
Algorithmic snail
The geometry represents a multicolor snail shell. It has been obtained through a program that executes the generator algorithm taking as arguments the section, the number of revolutions and the colors. The result of the algorithm is a drawing source with a single polynet composed of colored faces. This source is not very long because the surface resolution has been set to a low value.
It is impossible for a CAD system to provide a set of predefined entities suitable for all imaginable uses. Using a programming language to directly generate a customized drawing source is a universal solution to the limitations of a CAD system. LAI4D also offers a special type of entity for this purpose:  the "program" entity.
Random city
A "program" entity generates a set of "box" entities that looks like a city. The user can provide the ground width, the ground length, the maximum box height and the number of boxes through the "variable" member. The greater the number of boxes is, the longer the time to render will be. The algorithm randomly decides box sizes, positions and colors trying to set greater box heights at the center of the ground area. Each time the entity is rendered a new distribution is obtained due to the usage of random functions.
As any other entity, the result of a "program" entity can be converted into polynets using the corresponding function in the LAI4D designer.
Molecule
This drawing is an example of how "molecule" entities can handle a great number of atoms efficiently from a rendering point of view. It corresponds to a fantasy molecular structure built from four dodecahedrons and using four atom types randomly arranged.
The atoms painted by a "molecule" entity are not real spheres but signals composed of images and circular dots which notably reduces the graphics load. In LAI4D molecules can also show the atom symbols and each atom can have either default color and radius or customized ones. The color of the atom links is also configurable. The background color has been made black in order to obtain a better contrast.
Fish
In this case the link opens an HTML page with the LAI4D widget embedded in an IFRAME, instead of showing directly the widget's page. The parent page defines a background image which can be seen because the widget is transparent. The model represents a fancy fish composed of colored patches, spheres, filled curves and symmetries. Inheritance is also used.
When a linear entity like a "curve" defines the member "fill" with a non-zero value, it is represented as a face. This strategy is used for some of the fish's fins.
Multi-view device
The link opens an HTML page showing 4 views of a device. The HTML page contains a table with 4 cells. Each cell contains a LAI4D widget embedded in an IFRAME with a customized URL.
The URL start-up instructions of all the IFRAME elements point to the same file which defines the device's model. In return, the different view configurations used for each widget are passed using the member "view" of the start-up instructions.
Spider
The geometry of this spider with ant head has been imported from a .PLY file found at:
http://people.sc.fsu.edu/~jburkardt/data/ply/ply.html (Greg Turk)
Once imported, a color and a curved face effect has been applied.
The currently supported import and export capabilities are covered by the functions under the "File" menu of the LAI4D designer.
Trumpet
The geometry of this trumpet has been imported from a .OBJ file found at:
http://people.sc.fsu.edu/~jburkardt/data/obj/obj.html
Once imported, a color and a curved face effect has been applied.
The currently supported import and export capabilities are covered by the functions under the "File" menu of the LAI4D designer.
Interpolated tetrahedrons
Two similar "program" entities generate artistic representations of tetrahedrons using the function "AppLai4d.GInterpolate".
The algorithms draw lines joining the segments of the tetrahedrons using simple linear interpolation to get the line points and point colors. One of the algorithms distribute the lines regularly while the other one makes it randomly.
Fractal fantasy 1
A "program" entity that generates a 3D fractal geometry composed of regular tetrahedrons.
In each iteration a new tetrahedron is placed at each free face of the tetrahedrons created in the previous iteration. The three vertices of the contact face of a new tetrahedron are obtained by linear interpolation from each of the three edges of the contact face of the old tetrahedron. An optional list of colors can be distributed among the resulting vertices.
The number of iterations, the interpolation parameter and the optional list of colors can be configured through the "variable" member.
This entity is another example of the usage of several functions provided by the JS object "AppLai4d" for designing algorithmic entities.
Fractal fantasy 2
Another example of "program" entity generating a 3D fractal geometry composed of regular tetrahedrons.
In each iteration a new tetrahedron is placed at certain distance of each vertex of the tetrahedrons created in the previous iteration. The new tetrahedrons are scaled and rotated. An optional list of colors can be distributed among the resulting vertices.
The number of iterations, the distance factor, the scale factor, the angle and the optional list of colors can be configured through the "variable" member.
In this case the functions provided by the JS object "AppLai4d" have been used in the optimized way minimizing the number of arrays to be created in each operation.
Simple 3D math
This example shows how easy is to obtain the 3D representation of a "z=F(x,y)" function using a "program" entity.
In this case the algorithm returns a "mesh" entity whose "table" member is convenient for arranging the data generated by this kind of functions.
A set of vertex colors are calculated for artistic purposes.
Configurable spindle
The link opens an HTML page showing an IFRAME at the left and a web form at the right. The form allows to configure several parameters which define the geometry of a mechanic spindle. The button "REGEN" takes all parameters and generates a new URL for the IFRAME in order to paint the expected spindle.
The URL start-up instructions of the IFRAME always points to the same file which contains a very simple "program" entity. Its algorithm needs a set of variables also passed through the start-up instructions. This is a good example of how the "append" member of the start-up instructions can be combined with inheritance to get a drawing configurable via URL.
Knot mesh
This shape is a "mesh" entity. A mesh is a simple tabulated surface based on an array of vertices. Thanks to the optional member "smooth" the surface can be curve instead of polyhedral. Furthermore the surface can be defined as closed by the rows or the columns. This entity type is convenient for building irregular surfaces from arrays of points or organic surfaces based on frames.
The table of vertices of this example have been extracted from a "pipe" entity defined by a profile and a guideline. This original pipe entity, with almost the same geometry, can be found navigating into the children of the mesh.
Illusion ring
The shown geometry is built up with a single tape obtained from a "mesh" entity.
It could be explained as a closed pipe in which the section is a triangle that rotates 120° along the guideline over its own plane. The tape takes 3 complete rounds ending at the same point where it begins so it is closed.
Navigate into the children of the entity to see the auxiliary constructions used to design it.
Bitten apple
This model has been obtained as the result of intersecting two revolved entities, one representing an apple and the other one a bit.
The stem is a pipe entity.
Navigate into the children of the stem to see the auxiliary constructions used to design it.
Organic surfaces may take several seconds to render.
Terrain generator
A "program" entity is designed to generate a terrain piece with colored mountains and a water plane using a very simple pseudo-random algorithm.
The "variable" member allows to decide the ground side, the maximum height, the density of the mesh, the possibility of making it smooth and the color list that will be interpolated according to the heights.
Always the drawing is regenerated a new terrain is obtained due to the usage of random functions. Open it in design mode in order to modify the "variable" member.


DOCUMENTATION

Beginner's tutorial: This tutorial is the recommended introduction for all persons new to LAI4D. It is intended to teach the basics of design in 20 minutes. It shows step by step how to create a simple 3D geometry from the idea up to the publishing of the drawing on the Internet using the easiest tools. Thanks to this exercise the user will understand the working philosophy of LAI4D, will be able to generate polyhedral surfaces and polygonal lines with colors, and will learn to share designs online. The created geometry can be inspected in the link: cubicle_sample.

How to design a 3D model with LAI4D: This video-tutorial covers the designing of a 3D model using different strategies as well as its later saving to share it online. It is based on the Beginner's tutorial of the LAI4D designer but extended in order to show also how the user can work with the menu of commands or the sketch interpreter.

UI quick help: This help document summarizes the functions available through the user's interface of the viewer widget.

Reference manual: This document is the most complete guide to the functions of the LAI4D widget but it is not a tutorial. It is indicated for people willing to make a deeper usage of the tool. The following topics are covered by the reference manual:
  • Lai4dCL. The language used for describing the source of LAI4D drawings and other data structures. Syntax, inheritance strategy, entity model, sub-drawings...
  • The standard and the extended entity sets. It explains the structure and properties of the different entity types available to compose LAI4D drawings. Polynets, lines, surfaces, transformations, algorithmic entities, molecules, view definitions...
  • User interface. This section explains the usage of the functions available through the LAI4D's UI. View control, file management, configurable options, edition and query operations, design assistant...
  • Publishing LAI4D drawings. Sharing of drawings, configuring start-up instructions through the URL, offline usage...
  • LAI4D architecture. Additional information for achieving a better understanding of the LAI4D functions and limitations.

Find more interesting tutorials and articles in the community.


FAQ

+ What can I do with LAI4D?
LAI4D widgets allow to render, explore and edit 3D drawings in web pages without the need of plugins. The designs can contain lines, surfaces, texts, images... The drawings can be edited through graphic commands, as plain text using an intuitive language, or using the design assistant. Additionally LAI4D implements an amazingly simple strategy for generating algorithmic entities. Furthermore, the created drawings can be immediately shared through the Internet uploading them to the LAI4D server from the own widget.
+ Where do I start?
Visit the documentation section. There you will find tutorials and reference manuals. The "Beginner's tutorial" is designed to learn in 20 minutes how to create a basic 3D design from the idea up to the publishing of the drawing on the Internet.
+ Is LAI4D free?
Yes. The standard LAI4D widget, both viewer and designer, can be used for free as is without modifications. It can even be downloaded and used offline if necessary. The function for storing drawings in the LAI4D server is also free and no registration is required.
+ Is LAI4D open source?
Not currently, although this option is not discarded for the LAI4D project in the future. LAI4D has been built from scratch over the Iquix framework. Neither the rendering engine nor the design application nor the intelligent assistant use external libraries or components. Iquix is a proprietary JavaScript library that ranges 3D vector graphics, computational geometry, physical simulation, artificial intelligence, multi-thread execution as well as other more conventional functionalities.
+ Could the LAI4D widget be customized?
Lai4d Systems can customize the LAI4D widget changing aspect, functions and behavior according to the client requirements. Contact Lai4d Systems for more information about this possibility.
+ Is there any API for exploiting the LAI4D functions programmatically?
The LAI4D widget allows the passage of start-up instructions through the URL, see the "Widget initialization" section of the Reference manual for more details. Although it is not an API, LAI4D implements an entity type called "program" that allows the algorithmic generation of graphic entities through JavaScript programming. A public JavaScript API could be released in future versions of LAI4D.
Lai4d Systems can provide consulting and development services for customizing or integrating the LAI4D functionality in other software.
+ Can the LAI4D widget work with other drawing formats?
The currently supported import and export capabilities are covered by the functions under the "File" menu of the LAI4D designer.
+ How can I send error reports, suggestions or queries to the LAI4D team?
User participation is centralized through the LAI4D's community. Error reports, suggestions or general queries can be posted there where members of the LAI4D team or other users will reply a.s.a.p.
+ How can I embed a LAI4D drawing in my web page?
Once you have a design ready for publishing you will only need to save it to the free online LAI4D storage service, and then to insert in your page the right HTML code for the IFRAME element that will show the drawing. In order to save the design use the command "Save server file" under the "File" menu. The simplest way to obtain the IFRAME code is to use the "Share" button at the top-left corner of the widget.
Alternatively you can also store a drawing file in your own web space and instruct the widget to open it directly from there using its absolute URL. A more detailed explanation can be found in the section "Publishing LAI4D drawings" of the Reference manual.
+ What is a polynet?
It is the intrinsic graphic entity of LAI4D. A polynet defines a set of vertices, a set of faces, a set of lines and other properties for colors or line widths for example. Any other type of graphic entity is to be converted into a polynet or a set of polynets during the interpretation process before it can be rendered.
+ How can I include texts and images in a drawing?
This is done through "signals" that must be integrated in a polynet entity. Signals are 2D graphic entities that are always painted parallel to the projection plane regardless of the camera orientation. They can be images, texts, circular dots and polygons. Each signal is anchored to a vertex of the polynet so it has a 3D position.
+ Why is so easy to use algorithmic entities?
What a "program" entity does is essentially to execute a JS algorithm that returns a standard LAI4D entity that can then be rendered in the usual way. The Lai4dCL syntax is so simple that the source of a LAI4D entity can be immediately represented as a JS array or vice versa. Thanks to this characteristic the result of the "program" entity can directly be a JS array instead of a Lai4dCL structure so there is no need to deal with specific APIs to generate algorithmic entities. This advantage combined with the fact the LAI4D entities have a very intuitive format make "program" entities really easy to use.
+ How does the LAI4D widget exploit artificial intelligence?
The use of AI is centered in the design assistant. Its sketch interpreter is an experimental tool able to extract the conceptual 3D geometry represented by the given sketch (hand-drawn or loaded from an image file). The result can be later edited in the model space as a normal entity.
+ Which is the difference between shape recognition and shape conceptualization?
A shape recognition process attempts to find a match for the analyzed image (or other input) within a shape descriptions data base returning as result the found record if any. However, a shape conceptualization process attempts to "imagine" the shape represented by the analyzed image regardless of whether it is a recognizable shape or an abstract one returning the imagined shape's geometry as result.
+ How can I get involved in the project?
The easiest way to get involved is to become an expert user in order to participate in the community helping other users, writing tutorials and providing feedback to the LAI4D development team.


RELEASE NOTES

3.5.20221229
Improvements and new functions developed in the Iquix framework for the project GENEVL.
+ Older versions
3.4.20201213
The estimation of hidden faces has been improved.
The brightness calculation scheme has been upgraded including a new factor "focus reflection factor" indicating the proportion of reflected directional light that is focused instead of diffuse.
A "copy to clipboard" button has been included within the information elements of the commands: "Point coordinates", "Measure distance", "Measure angle", "Measure polygon", "Physic properties".
The command "Create extruded surface" has been replaced by the command "Create pipe". An extruded surface can be created entering a straight segment as guideline of the pipe.
Other minor improvements.
3.3.20200105
The manual input of polar coordinates has been enabled through the new button (<) in the input area.
The command "Transform entities" has been enhanced making only the first pair of points mandatory. Depending on the number of pairs of points provided the operation can be: simple translation, translation + rotation + elongation along a line, translation + plane alignment +  planar deformation, translation + complete transformation.
The prototype of the entity "transformation" has been modified in order to resemble the behavior of the command "Transform entities". Now the transformation is defined through the member "pairs" which can hold up to four pairs of points. The old behavior using the members "matrix", "origin" and "move" was of little use since any entity can declare the members "transform" and "translate". This new prototype can be particularly useful for creating algorithmic entities.
The function for pausing the command has been also implemented for the selection of entities. If used then the current command is paused and the user can change the camera configuration in the usual way.
In the sketch interpreter, the interpretation of holes sketched in faces has been improved. In order to be correctly handled, the loops corresponding to the holes must be connected to the external contour of the face. The resizing of faces with holes and assigned measures has been improved. See the section "Working with sketches" of the Reference manual for more details.
3.2.20190705
The "dynamic zoom" navigation has been implemented. Each mouse wheel event produces a combination of a zoom increment plus a camera movement. To use the dynamic zoom is a comfortable way of exploring a wide scenario without the need of calling several times to different camera configuration buttons.
Now the sketch interpreter allows the loading of pictures into the sketch area through drag & drop operations.
Now the designer widget allows the loading of drawing files into the canvas area through drag & drop operations.
The text resolution in WebGL contexts has been increased.
3.1.20190402
The performance of several CAD commands has been improved.
Assignment of measures to segments improved.
The configuration "Inverse depth interpretation" has been added to the sub-menu "Design assistant options". By checking this option the design assistant changes the depth interpretation criterion when generating 3D hypothesis.
Now the design assistant tries to find the evident reference system of the 3D hypotheses when passing them to the model space. If found then the hypotheses are reoriented before placing the new geometry at the model space.
The new command "Cut by plane" calculates the line and surface fragments resulting from the intersection of a set of entities and a plane defined by 3 points.
3.0.20190101
Several improvements in the sketch interpreter.
Imagination of hidden faces improved. Now this function can work with more complex scenarios.
Interpretation of cyclic geometries improved. Now the conceptualization of regular polygons or stars is easier.
Assignment of measures to segments improved. Now the algorithm for assigning drawn measures to the segments is smarter.
Improved the algorithm for resizing the segments without assigned measure when there are other segments with assigned measure.
Fixed a problem in the patch entity when the sides have double points.
Sphere entity generation optimized.
2.4.20180929
The "Color generator" tool has a new button for clearing the color selection.
The new command "Project to 2D" replaces the selected entities by polynets with the corresponding 2D projection in camera coordinates.
The new command "Solve triangle" calculates the side lengths and angles not provided of a triangle and passes it to the design space.
The new command "Solve tetrahedron" calculates the vertices of a tetrahedron from the set of segment lengths and passes it to the design space.
Minor changes in the sketch interpreter.
2.3.20180718
Implemented import/export capability to ".stl" format.
The new command "General intersection" calculates the line and surface fragments resulting from the intersection of a set of entities. This new command includes the functionality of the old command "Line intersections" that has been removed.
The new command "Cut-line between surfaces" returns the cut-line resulting from the intersection of a set of surface entities.
The "Browser's storage tool" includes now an "Overwrite" button for each record.
A new command "Generate surface contour" returns the bounding contour of the selected surfaces.
2.2.20180403
Several improvements in the sketch interpreter.
Some of the initial stages of the sketch interpretation have been modified in order to make the analysis more image-size independent. The previous versions had many threshold values correctly calibrated for small images but not adequate for larger images.
The new command "Copy properties" allows to copy the configured members from the selected source entity to the selected set of target entities.
A new command "Focus entity set" allows to focus the view on the selected set of entities.
The node items shown in the 'Tree explorer' tool includes now a button to focus the view on the rendered entity owning the node.
2.1.20180206
Several improvements in the sketch interpreter.
OCR function improved.
Imagination of hidden faces improved.
A new command "Line intersections" calculates the line fragments resulting from the intersection of several 3D linear entities.
A set of commands for creating regular polyhedrons have been implemented.
2.0.20180113
A light OCR (Optical Character Recognition) functionality for recognizing drawn measures has been implemented in the sketch interpreter. Now the user can optionally provide measures to some of the sketched elements in order to obtain a geometry with specific dimensions.
A new function for imagining hidden faces has been implemented in the sketch interpreter.
The following configurations have been added to the sub-menu "Design assistant options":
  • Perform OCR.
  • Imagine hidden faces.
  • Print assigned measures.
  • Print non-assigned measures.
1.12.20171126
The function for opening drawing files stored in external domains has been enabled.
Several improvements in the sketch interpreter.
A new command "Batch modify" allows to modify, remove or add members to entities in batch mode.
The sketch interpreter implements a new button for defining a constrain window for the sketch analysis.
A new command for creating regular polygons has been implemented.
The new command "Set default properties" allows to change colors and other properties to the selected entities.
The new menu item "Label as 'auxiliary'" allows to create new entities labeled as "auxiliary".
Now the auxiliary constructions are directly created with the label "auxiliary".
The new command "Select auxiliary entities" appends to the current selection all entities with the label "auxiliary". After that the auxiliary entities can be easily hidden or deleted.
The command "Properties" has been renamed to "Physic properties" and now shows at the end the aggregated properties of the selected entities as a compound.
1.11.20170917
The "mesh" entity type has been improved:
  • The new members "closed s" and "closed t" allow to generate the surface closed in any or both of the two directions.
  • The new member "table colors" is the convenient way to provide the colors for the set of vertices defining the geometry.
  • The new member "smooth" allows to create organic surfaces with an accurate control over the points by which the surface must pass.
A new command for creating mesh entities has been implemented.
The command "Align entities" now includes the option to perform a scaling while aligning the entities.
The "Modify vertex" command allows now to modify also "mesh" and "patch" entities.
The WebGL 1.0 extension "OES_element_index_uint" has been enabled to allow the rendering of geometries with a huge number of vertices.
Fixed problem in the generation algorithm of the "pipe" entity type.
1.10.20170701
A new command for creating general revolved entities has been implemented.
A new command for creating extruded surfaces has been implemented.
A new command for creating patch entities has been implemented.
A new command for generating polar array distributions has been implemented.
The on-screen point selection function has been improved.
1.9.20170528
A new set of commands for creating circles and arcs has been implemented.
A new set of commands for creating spheres has been implemented.
A new set of commands for creating cylinders and cones has been implemented.
Now the UI allows the on-screen selection of singular points like centers or control points, apart from standard vertices.
The "Modify vertex" command now allows to modify also "curve" entities.
A new function for entering relative coordinates has been implemented. It allows to define a new point as an offset with respect the previous entered point.
The new command "Convert to wireframe" allows to obtain the wire representation of the selected entity.
1.8.20170430
A new sub-menu "Edition options" has been created to group those general configurable options applicable to the commands directly involved in the edition and creation of entities.
The auxiliary constructions have been improved with new in-place configurations.
The commands for editing drawing metadata have been improved.
New member "base" added to the "polar" entity type. If provided then the elements are only translated and not rotated as they are copied to the destination points of the polar array distribution.
The "Share" function offers a new configurable option to include the current view definition in the URL start-up instructions. This allows to share the drawing using the current view definition without modifying the own drawing source.
Curve's algorithm optimized.
The "Plan view" command has been replaced by the collection of commands "Predefined views".
1.7.20170415
The rendering context type indicator button shown in the bottom-right corner has been replaced by the much more useful "Zoom extent" button. The "Zoom extent" menu item of the "View control" menu has been removed.
The menu command "Purge browser's storage" has been moved to a button within the "Browser's storage" tool.
The new command "Optimize drawing" merges all the entities of the drawing into a reduced set of polynets in order to improve the performance of the widget when using WebGL.
The color picker control has been improved.
1.6.20170405
The command "Merge entities" has a new option that allows to decide if the signals must be preserved in the result or not.
Now the design assistant will show the last used command as a suggestion.
The text responses of the design assistant now have a "copy to clipboard" button.
The command "WebGL properties" has been integrated in the command "Browser capabilities".
1.5.20170305
Commands for configuring default color for faces and lines in new entities have been implemented.
A new function for pausing a command has been implemented. If used then the current command is paused and the user can change the camera configuration in the usual way. This function is typically used while selecting points in the screen that are hidden for the current camera orientation.
New command "Create text signal" for creating polynets with text signals.
1.4.20170212
The command "Create polygonal" has been replaced by the command "Create line" for creating 'line' entities.
New command "Create face" for creating 'face' entities.
New command "Create box" for creating 'box' entities.
The "Tree explorer" component is improved by adding a button for inspecting the parent node, and a button for inserting new nodes before the current one.
Now the command "Copy entities" can copy the same selection to multiple destination points.
1.3.20170129
The "Explode entities" command has been improved including the new in-place configuration "create 'face' and 'line' entities instead of polynets".
A new command "Concatenate lines" has been implemented. It is useful for generating a single line from a group of different connected lines.
The recognition of polyhedrons in the "design assistant" has been improved.
1.2.20170101
A progressive zoom function has been implemented for the Zoom-in and Zoom-out buttons of the top-right corner. The progressive zoom can be performed applying a long-press event over the buttons. The traditional stepped zoom function is preserved.
Some vector and geometric calculation functions have been added to the JS object "AppLai4d" in order to enrich and facilitate the development of algorithmic entities. See the "program" entity section in the Reference manual for more information.
1.1.20161204
The command "Merge Entities" allows now to decide whether to merge the vertices or not.
Official file extension for LAI4D drawings is ".L4D".
Implemented import/export capability to ".ply" (point cloud) format.
Implemented import/export capability to ".obj" format.
New member "append" added to the URL start-up instructions. The "append" member is intended to let the user to modify the drawing source from the URL before it is interpreted.
Improved user interface for the creation of polygonal entities.
Icon size of on-screen controls increased.
1.0.20160624
Initial version.

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Probabilistic evolutionary generation
FEATURES RESEARCH EXAMPLES DOCS FAQ RELEASES T&C

video Generative art is a way to express the beauty through computational creativity. Generative algorithms are able to create awesome and beautiful artworks. However those algorithms usually depend on a high number of parameters which meanings are not easy to interpret.

The GENEVL configurator allows the user to explore all the universe of parameter combinations handling a simple UI control and regardless of the algorithm complexity. Additionally it includes several functions for saving and sharing the explored configurations as well as utilities for obtaining the generated models. Thanks to the project GENEVL many different persons can enjoy the same artwork but having a completely customizable experience.


FEATURES OF THE CONFIGURATOR

GENEVL configuratorThe GENEVL configurator is an experimental tool expressly conceived to make any person capable of managing complex parametric models which judgement mainly depends on aesthetic criteria. This tool must not be confused with conventional web configurators whose goal is to modify some characteristics (typically color or material) of predefined parts of a 3D model.

The GENEVL configurator works over a generative algorithm. This kind of algorithms are commonly used in the field of generative art. The algorithm takes a set of parameters as argument and processes them according to the mathematical instructions composing it. The result is normally a 3D model defined by its geometry and colors, but the truth is that it can generate videos, 2D pictures, musical melodies or any other thing definable through information.

Its user interface has been simplified to the most. Apart from the basic controls necessary to handle the camera configuration, the UI only shows a dial-like control:

It is the evolution control bar and permits the user to control the evolution speed of the model (that is an involution when negative). The tool evolves the model automatically modifying the parametric configuration according to the rules of the internal engine. The evolution history is saved in memory so the user can return back to a previous stage at any moment.

The tool offers other interesting utilities:
  • Possibility of deciding what categories of parameters to evolve (geometry, colors).
  • Storage and retrieval of parameter configurations as text files. When a configuration is loaded into the tool it becomes the starting point for the next evolution process.
  • Possibility of combining different parameter categories coming from different configuration files.
  • Sharing the model online.
  • Exporting the model to file formats ready for 3D-printing (pending of publishing).

It is important to understand the difference between the GENEVL configurator and a conventional design tool. Although the result of a generative algorithm is a 3D shape with vertices, faces and colors, you can't expect to directly alter the coordinates of specific vertices nor to modify the orientation of specific faces nor to edit the components of specific colors as if you were working with a CAD application. You cannot even expect to handle something similar to a B-rep. The only thing you can modify are the variables (parameters) consumed by the mathematical equations of the generative algorithm. And to guess the final effects in geometry or colors of such variations can be really difficult for a person due to the deviousness of those equations. The singular capability of exploring that universe of parameter combinations is what makes the experience of using the GENEVL configurator so different from that of using a design tool, and is the reason why it is named configurator instead of designer.


RESEARCH

The GENEVL configurator is based on the LAI4D's technology Probabilistic evolutionary generation (PEG). The PEG technology allows the configuration of highly parametrized models through one unique numerical input. While the model to configure can depend on a huge number of parameters, both continuous and discrete, the user interface only shows a simple control like a slider or a dial.

Internal AI engine
The PEG engine automatically generates evolutionary paths for the parametric model basing its decisions on probabilities which are initially set to default values. The user continuously communicates whether he likes or not the current evolution stage (mutation) of the model through the single UI control that represents the evolution speed. If that entered speed is negative then the PEG engine involves the model configuration instead of evolving it. The user's feedback allows the reinforce learning mechanism of the PEG engine to recalibrate the decision probabilities with the goal of accelerating the convergence. Convergence is reached when the user is satisfied with the model configuration and no more evolution is necessary. Improving convergence is the main research vector of the project.
This probabilistic approach makes the PEG engine tolerant to user errors. The user input will provoke one evolutionary path to become more or less likely to happen but the engine will never absolutely discard a parametric configuration. The automatic evolution can get to show interesting and unexpected mutations that would have been ignored in the case the user was responsible for manually set the model configuration. Furthermore the manual configuration of parameters could be unpractical when their individual or combined effects are difficult to interpret, which is a common issue in complex generative algorithms even for their authors.

User interface
The minimalist and easy to handle interface leads to an entertaining user experience regardless of the model complexity. This technology really opens the door to the concept of custom art since the user is allowed not only to modify a few evident properties of model parts like in conventional online configurators, but he also can customize models involving sophisticated mathematical algorithms with immediate results.
During the research phase other UI options has been tested. The challenge was how to easily and effectively manage an undefined amount of parameters (typically dozens) whose functions within the model are far from being clear. The "easily" requirement implied to handle the whole set of parameters from an standard input device like a mouse or a track-ball. These devices allow to generate a two-parameter input normally intended for defining an X-Y graphic input. After several tests and taking into account that users actually judge what they see with a like-dislike decision, the input was reduced to a single number through a dial-like control. This approach has proven to be effective and avoids the user confusion when handling an X-Y input working on a geometric model because he intuitively expects some kind of X-Y effect.

Generative algorithm
Obviously the GENEVL configurator can work over any generative algorithm. But the complexity of that algorithm must be carefully analyzed since the target hardware has a limited processing power and the user cannot judge in real time a very high number of aesthetic details. Having selected a fancy snail shell as the first algorithm to work with responds to a series of reasons. Probably the most important reason is the fact that with a snail algorithm it is relatively easy to obtain a beautiful shape. Other important reason is that it offers a good beauty-complexity balance for a non-abstract geometry. Although an abstract geometry can also be beautiful it is more probable to find beauty in a recognizable shape. To implement a generative algorithm for a non-abstract geometry was more challenging but has offered the possibility of testing the tool with a model of near 40 parameters. Furthermore an snail shell is an open surface that needs a non-trivial post-processing before being sent to 3D-printing what constituted another relevant exercise for the GENEVL project.
LAI4D is working on the development of more algorithms to enrich the user experience. Nevertheless integrating new generative algorithms is a work of software craftsmanship not supported by any kind of API or industrial standard due to the characteristics of the underlying technology.

Hardware requirements
The operation of this tool evolving a complex model in real time is possible thanks to the generalized availability of GPU powered hardware. Fortunately this hardware is also accessible from a web browser through WebGL so the GENEVL configurator could finally be implemented as a web application running on any device. This execution environment highly conditions the way generative algorithms are structured constituting itself a programming challenge. The performance achieved by the tool in mean computers equipped with low power GPUs is reasonable. But this also depends on the requirements of the generative algorithm. In the future, using more powerful hardware, this technology could be exploited for engineering or architectural purposes involving real time evaluation of physical constrains, and not only for artistic purposes.

As an experimental AI tool, the accumulated training coming from the user interaction not only improves the performance of the application thanks to its learning capabilities but also constitutes a valuable scientific data about the user behavior (coherence, contradiction, attention, aesthetic judgment, curiosity...) that can be exploited for research.

LINKS TO OTHER RESOURCES
The concept of generating things by computationally emulating the process of biological evolution has been present in art and science almost since the inception of computers. And the concept of interactive art is neither new. Unfortunately many of the online projects conceived to explore those technologies have been apparently discontinued or abandoned. Here are some interesting references related to the field of generative art:
  • EndlessForms: A website that allows the interactive evolution of shapes and to 3D-print them. By the Creative Machines Lab of the Columbia University. (retrieved 2020-10-24)
  • Supershapes: An interactive WebGL app that lets you interact with a range of parametric shape generation algorithms. By Andrew Marsh. (retrieved 2020-10-24)
  • Breed: Breed is a computer program that uses artificial evolution to grow very detailed sculptures. By Driessens & Verstappen. (retrieved 2020-10-24)
  • Generative art design: An introduction and a collection of interesting references about generative art. By AIArtists. (retrieved 2020-11-04)
  • Morphogenesis: Installation about the evolutionary developement of a three dimensional organic form. By Bernd Lintermann. (retrieved 2021-10-11)


CONFIGURATION EXAMPLES

Click on the image links to open the examples in a new window.

Simple snail
This is the default configuration offered by the snail generative algorithm.
The section of the snail is planar, perfectly circular and is touching the axis of the volute. The volute is completely regular, without any kind of relief over its surface.
Despite its simplicity this configuration generates a very beautiful shape so it is a good starting point for carrying out an evolution process.

Elegant snail
An elegant configuration both in geometry and colors.
Remember that once loaded in the configurator tool you can decide whether to evolve only geometry or only colors.

Triton snail
A snail shell whose geometry is inspired by that of the Triton snail.
When you obtain a beautiful shape uncheck the option "Evolve geometry" in order to only evolve the colors.
You can get hypnotized seeing how the multicolor patterns evolve over the surface. And it is really difficult to choose one.

Nautilus snail
In this case the shape is inspired by that of the Nautilus.
As it happens with geometry, color patterns can also have a characteristic form. If you like the form of a determined pattern try to preserve it playing the evolve-involve game seeking to change only the pure colors.

Feather snail
The same algorithm can generate very different results like this surface that resembles a feather.

Venom snail
This curious configuration produces sharp spikes along the volute.
Remember that all the snail examples come from the same generative algorithm.

Snake snail
Another very simple shape with a very curious color pattern formed by crossed strips.

Rose snail
Amazing mutation derived by evolving the above venom snail that seems some kind of flower.
Putting the view line parallel to the volute's axis while evolving the model can easily result in perceiving flowers or vegetables like this example.

Morbid snail
When I see this I automatically think in Fernando Botero.
To seek for specific features can be frustrating since the GENEVL configurator is not a design tool. Most of times you will find interesting characteristics by chance and then you must try to preserve them playing the evolve-involve game.

Seaear snail
Despite they are so different, the shells of bivalves can also be generated from the snail algorithm.
They are characterized by a very low number of rounds, indeed less than one.

Heart snail
Here the section of this snail presents symmetry with respect the volute's axis.
When the axis of the volute passes through the section of the snail very curious bicameral geometries can be obtained.

Pagoda snail
A snail shell whose geometry is inspired by that of the Pagoda snail.
When you are evolving a model sometimes you have to pass through mutations you don't like before reaching one you like.

Unicorn snail
Directly derived from the simple snail, this bicameral configuration resembles a unicorn horn.

Other interesting examples can be found at REIVGEN Studio.


DOCUMENTATION

GENEVL Configurator help: Document explaining the basics about the functionality of the configurator tool.

Find more interesting tutorials and articles in the community.


FAQ

+ What can I do with GENEVL?
The GENEVL configurator allows you to explore all the universe of parameter combinations for a determined generative algorithm. Open it and evolve the model to find a beautiful shape. Then share or download the result.
+ What is a generative algorithm?
It is a software program made up mostly of mathematical operations. These operations act over variables (parameters) which can be configured for obtaining different results from the same algorithm. A very simple example is the algorithm for generating a sphere that takes as parameter the radius of the sphere. Other live examples more elaborated can be found in the article "The power of algorithmic generation".
+ How can I combine geometry and colors from different configurations?
It is very easy. Follow the steps of this example exercise to combine the geometry of the triton with the colors of the nautilus:
  1. Open in your browser the example configuration of the nautilus (we want its colors).
  2. Click the menu button and then use the function "Save configuration" in order to save a copy of the configuration to your local drive. Now you can close the browser's window displaying the nautilus if you want.
  3. Open in your browser the example configuration of the triton (we want its geometry).
  4. Click the menu button and then use the function "Load configuration" in order to load the copy of the nautilus' configuration you just saved to your local drive.
  5. Uncheck the checkbox "Import Geometry" because we only want to use the colors. To import the camera configuration is optional, it wont affect neither the geometry nor the colors. Click the button "Continue".
That's all, the result is:

You could have started with the triton importing its geometry into the nautilus reaching the same result.
+ Can I get the sculpture of a customized model?
This functionality will be made available to companies licensing this technology. The current generative algorithm is experimental so it can't be warranted the possibility of materializing the corresponding configurations.
+ Who is the author of the generated shape?
It must be taken into account that the tool is not a design application but a configurator. The design is the generative algorithm itself and not one of its possible configurations. An engineer or a digital artist designed the generative algorithm as a piece of software so he is the real author of the work. However a particular configuration of the algorithm could also be considered a derived work. To consider it a design is something very subjective, and to judge whether or not a configuration is a plagiarism of another similar configuration is very difficult. Anyway, in order to commercially exploit a configuration a license from the author of the generative algorithm is necessary.
Due to the novelty of this kind of application and in order to avoid any controversy over the intellectual property of the generated results, a set of particular terms and conditions has been redacted for the usage of this tool. Companies licensing this technology may have other terms of use.
+ Is GENEVL open source?
Not currently, although this option is not discarded for the GENEVL project in the future.
+ Could I use the GENEVL configurator with other algorithms?
The GENEVL configurator is a software tool that can work over any generative algorithm. LAI4D is working on the development of more algorithms to enrich the user experience. However implementing and integrating a new algorithm into the tool is a complex process. To build an API for allowing digital artists to integrate their algorithms into the tool has not been discarded. Contact Lai4d Systems for more information about this possibility.
+ Can I license this technology for my own business?
Business proposals involving this technology are welcome. Contact Lai4d Systems for more information about this possibility.


RELEASE NOTES

1.1.20221229
User interface styling improved.
Now the "Share model" function also shares a screenshot.
Convergence of the engine improved.
+ Older versions
1.0.20201023
Initial version.


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The GENEVL configurator is not a design application but a configurator tool that allows to explore different parametric combinations of a generative algorithm. Any resulting configuration is considered a derived work from the underlying generative algorithm (the original work).
By using this software tool you renounce to any exclusive right over any derived work resulting from the usage of the tool which will be the property of the author of the original work. The exploitation of any derived work resulting from the usage of the tool is subject to the obtaining of a license from the author of the original work.
You are free to publish snapshots of the derived works with the corresponding attribution.
Unless otherwise specified, the author of the original work and owner of all its associated rights is Lai4d Systems.
See also the General terms and conditions.
Companies licensing this technology may have other terms of use.




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