Theory and Practice of Geometric Modeling
By: edited by Wolfgang Stra€er, Hans-Peter Seidel
Contributors: Seidel, Hans-Peter
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 547
ISBN-13: 9783642648663; 9783642615429
Subjects: Computer hardware; Computer graphics; Computer-aided design; Computer science; Software engineering
Other titles: Result of the Lectures and Discussions during the Conference
Description: This book originates from the lectures given at the international conference "Theory and Practice of Geometric Modeling", Blaubeuren, FRG, October 3-7, 1988, that brought together leading experts from universities, system developers, and system users, to discuss new concepts and future trends in geometric modeling. The book covers a variety of topics on an advanced level and is organized as follows. Part A contains new algorithms and techniques for modeling objects that are bounded by free form surfaces. Part B focuses on surface/surface intersections, new types of blending surfaces and speed ups for ray tracing. Part C contains some new geometric tools. Part D discusses different representation schemes in solid modeling, conversions between these different schemes, and some applications. Part E covers some issues of product modeling, automatic tolerancing, high level specification of solid models (constraints, features) and the need for better user interfaces.
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