Extending Grammatical Evolution to Evolve Digital Surfaces with Genr8

Abstract. Genr8 is a surface design tool for architects. It uses a grammarbased generative growth model that produces surfaces with an organic quality. Grammatical Evolution is used to help the designer search the universe of possible surfaces. We describe how we have extended Grammatical Evolution, in a general manner, in order to handle the grammar used by Genr8. 1 Genr8:The Evolution of Digital Surfaces We have built a software tool for architects named Genr8. Genr8 ’grows’ digital surfaces within the modeling environment of the CAD tool Maya. One of

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: EUROGP
• Authors: Martin Hemberg, Una-May O'Reilly
• Keywords: Digital Surfaces, EUROGP 2004, Grammatical Evolution, Surface Design Tool