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Introduction to shape and shape grammars
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GeometryStatistical Shape AnalysisShape AnalysisComputer-aided DesignSymbolic ComputationWhirlwind TourSyntaxShape Grammar FormalismGrammarLanguage StudiesComputational GeometryShape RepresentationFormal MachineryGeometric ModelingFormal LanguageGeometric RepresentationGrammatical FormalismDesignMorphologyArchitectural DesignNatural SciencesFormal MethodsLinguisticsArchitectural Geometry
In this paper, we take a whirlwind tour through the shape grammar formalism, and the definitions and ideas on which it is based. The formal machinery for the algorithmic definition of languages of two- and three-dimensional spatial designs is thus established.