The Layout Design Language: A Technique For Generating Layout Plans

The work described in this paper arose fr on? a requirement for a system to support the production of models for training simulator visual systems and other visualisation applications, To reduce the labour involved in generating such models, it was decided to develop a technique whereby models could be generated by a high-level language. Tot these models there is a requirement to generate 2-D plans showing, for example, the locations of roads and buildings, subsequently 3-D models of the buildings ale placed at the defined locations. The 2-D plaits can be created through the use of the Ln!,out Design Language (LD-Language). LD-Language has been formulated particularly Soi designing urban area street plans.The primitive elements of the LD-Language, plots, are assembled into patterns which can be further combined into a layout plan, with some support provided by the system. The work reported has successfully demonstrated that a complex layout plait can be developed using this language.