Beautification of Islamic Patterns via Constraint Satisfaction
Yongquan Lu and Erik D. Demaine

Proceedings of Bridges 2016: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Education, Culture
Pages 371–374
Short Papers

Abstract

Islamic star patterns are traditionally drawn with compass-and-straightedge constructions, which yield geometrically precise results, but are often unintuitive to work out. We present a more declarative paradigm for construction, where users can draw patterns by hand and then apply constraints to improve and beautify the design. This system applies concepts from CAD systems like geometric constraint satisfaction and numerical optimization in a highly symmetric and aesthetic context. We exhibit some representative results generated by our system.

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