Abstract—Chinese lattice designs commonly appear on traditional Chinese windows, doors and decorative ornaments.The underlying structure of Chinese lattice designs are mathematically interesting and present wonderful opportunities for detailed investigation. A closer look reveals that many of these Chinese lattice designs can be algorithmically designed using some simple procedures. In this paper, we look at the algorithmic design procedure of some Chinese lattice designs sourced from Daniel Sheets Dye’s definitive book on Chinese lattices using the turtle graphics functionality of MuPAD®, a MATLAB® Symbolic Math Toolbox. We also generate random multi-colored Chinese lattice designs.

Index Terms—Algorithmic, chinese lattice design, turtle graphics, MuPAD®.

S. Y. Leewas is with the School of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88999 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
K. M. Tiong is with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia (e-mail: KungMing.Tiong@nottingham.edu.my).

Cite:S. Y. Lee and K. M. Tiong, "Algorithmic Generation of Chinese Lattice Designs," International Journal of Computer and Communication Engineering vol. 2, no. 6, pp. 706-710, 2013.