Construction of Virtual Trees within Ecosystems with EcoMod Tool

In this paper we propose an interactive user friendly tool to design tree models. Our tool enables more flexible and rapid construction of procedural models by use of graphs to design local branch parameters as vector data. Our obtained procedural models can also be shaped by placing them in natur al environments. Built procedural models can be used in up to pe rleaf precision animation for simulation of afforestation.

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