The development of radiosity algorithms for special classes of scenes is a promising field of future research. Such algorithms are significantly faster and possibly more accurate than non-specialized algorithms. These first two productions have at least a little bit the structure of a scientific paper abstract. The result is given in abstract 3. In recent years, remarkable advances in computer visualization of objects and physical phenomena have been made.
Computer images can now represent real objects very accurately.
These techniques can be enhanced by defining any desired path, creating animation, moving computer views and real world video models, as well as sound tracks, resulting in multimedia representations. The development of these techniques has been possible because of the improvements in computer graphic devices, better algorithms and faster processors, which allow workstations and high speed PCs to be suitable platforms for visualization and have greatly improved the ability of high-performance computers to produce computer images, in animated forms, of complex engineering and architecture problems allowing a dynamic analysis of their behavior. Visualization has been essential for the development of new design techniques in engineering and architecture. The integration of computer visualization with other advances in computer computational sciences, such as knowledge based support systems, object bases, advance numerical methods, etc. provide the basis for intelligent design systems. The objective of this paper is to discuss advances in visualization as a tool for intelligent design in engineering and architecture.