ISSN:
1432-2315
Keywords:
Swept objects
;
Sweep rules
;
Boundary evaluation
;
Volume modeling
;
Region modeling
;
Body modeling
;
Pen-stroke modelling
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Computer Science
Notes:
Abstract Many systems support the design of two-dimensional (2D) regions and three-dimensional (3D) volumes by sweeping a generator contour over a spine. Well-established and widely used rendering systems accept high-level boundary descriptions of regions and solids but not in the contour-spine form. Hence the swept object design specification must be such as to lend itself to efficient evaluation of a compact and high-level boundary description. In this paper, we identify a sufficiently general class of swept objects and classify the sweep rules. We also present computational methods for directly evaluating the boundary representation which implicitly simulate the sweep process. The boundary is generated as a set of piecewise curves/surfaces in a compact form suitable for direct input to rendering systems like Post-Script(R) in 2D and Renderman(R) in 3D.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01901583
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