The first definition of this type of procedural generation algorithm was called Model Synthesis by Paul Merrell [1] which built upon texture synthesis. You can

The first definition of this type of procedural generation algorithm was called Model Synthesis by Paul Merrell [1] which built upon texture synthesis. You can even read Merrell's later comparison of the two algorithms [2]. [1] https://paulmerrell.org//thesis.pdf https://paulmerrell.org//thesis.pdf [2] https://paulmerrell.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/comparison.pdf https://paulmerrell.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/compariso...