Patent ID: 6489960
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method for generating a surface feature in a graphical object represented at least in part as a polygonal mesh, said computer-implemented method comprising the steps of:a) subdividing all or part of a polygon mesh representation of at least a portion of said graphical object a first number of times using a first set of rules to produce a first mesh representation of said at least a portion of said graphical object; b) subdividing said first mesh representation of said at least a portion of said graphical object a second number of times using a second set of rules different than said first set of rules for generating a second mesh representation of said at least a portion of said graphical object: and c) outputting a representation of said graphical object having said surface feature; wherein a sum of the first and second numbers is equal to a total number of iterations required to achieve the surface feature.