Geometric Modeling: Techniques, Applications, Systems and Tools

✍ Scribed by Türker Yilmaz, Uğur Güdükbay, Varol Akman (auth.), Muhammad Sarfraz (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 448
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Computer Aided techniques, Applications, Systems and tools for Geometric Modeling are extremely useful in a number of academic and industrial settings. Specifically, Computer Aided Geometric Modeling (CAGM) plays a significant role in the construction of - signing and manufacturing of various objects. In addition to its cri- cal importance in the traditional fields of automobile and aircraft manufacturing, shipbuilding, and general product design, more - cently, the CAGM methods have also proven to be indispensable in a variety of modern industries, including computer vision, robotics, medical imaging, visualization, and even media. This book aims to provide a valuable source, which focuses on - terdisciplinary methods and affiliate research in the area. It aims to provide the user community with a variety of Geometric Modeling techniques, Applications, systems and tools necessary for various real life problems in the areas such as: Font Design Medical Visualization Scientific Data Visualization Archaeology Toon Rendering Virtual Reality Body Simulation It also aims to collect and disseminate information in various dis- plines including: Curve and Surface Fitting Geometric Algorithms Scientific Visualization Shape Abstraction and Modeling Intelligent CAD Systems Computational Geometry Solid Modeling v Shape Analysis and Description Industrial Applications The major goal of this book is to stimulate views and provide a source where researchers and practitioners can find the latest dev- opments in the field of Geometric Modeling.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Modeling and Visualization of Complex Geometric Environments....Pages 3-30
Adaptive Surfaces Fairing by Geometric Diffusion....Pages 31-49
Finite Difference Surface Representation Considering Effect of Boundary Curvature....Pages 51-64
A New and Direct Approach for Loop Subdivision Surface Fitting....Pages 65-78
A Novel Algorithm for Computing Intersections of Two Surfaces of Revolution....Pages 79-93
An Improved Scan-line Algorithm for Display of CSG Models....Pages 95-112
Rotating Squares to Boundary Cubes : Boundary Representation and Classification Techniques for Two- and Three-dimensional Objects....Pages 113-129
A Rational Spline with Point Tension : An Alternative to NURBS of Degree Three....Pages 131-148
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Muscle Modeling and Rendering....Pages 151-169
Skeletal Implicit Surface Reconstruction and Particle System for Organ’s Interactions Simulation....Pages 171-192
Constraint Satisfaction Techniques for the Generation Phase in Declarative Modeling....Pages 193-215
Surface Reconstruction Based on Compactly Supported Radial Basis Functions....Pages 217-231
Grid Method Classification of Islamic Geometric Patterns....Pages 233-254
Web Based VRML Modeling....Pages 255-280
A Rational Spline with Inflection Points and Singularities Tests on Convex Data....Pages 281-297
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
Automatic Curve Fairing System using Visual Languages....Pages 301-327
Hair Design Based on the Hierarchical Cluster Hair Model....Pages 329-359
Shape Modeling for 3D Archaeological Vessels....Pages 361-374
Archimedean Kaleidoscope : A Cognitive Tool to Support Thinking and Reasoning about Geometric Solids....Pages 375-393
Towards a Web Based CAD System....Pages 395-412
Front Matter....Pages 299-299
Interactive Handling of a Construction Plan in CAD....Pages 413-429
Computer Aided Chair Design System Using Form Features....Pages 431-440
Back Matter....Pages 441-454

✦ Subjects

Computer Graphics; Engineering Design; Systems Theory, Control; Computer Science, general