Volumetric Illustration
Generates fake volumetric (but 2D) texture using guided texture synthesis on cross-section.
Publication: Owada et al. “Volumetric Illustration: Designing 3D Models with Internal Textures”, Proc. SIGGRAPH 2004, pp.322-328 PDF / HP
Volumetric Painter
Generates real volumetric object whose structure is guided by example elements arrangement on cross-sectional plane.
Shigeru Owada, Takahiro Harada, Philipp Holzer and Takeo Igarashi “Volume Painter: Geometry-Guided Volume Modeling by Sketching on the Cross-Section”, Proc. Eurographics Symposium on Sketcy-Based Interfaces and Modeling 2008 (SBIM 08), pp.9-16. PDF