Computer graphics applications routinely generate geometric models consisting of large numbers of triangles. We present an algorithm that significantly reduces the number of …
G Turk - Proceedings of the 19th annual conference on …, 1992 - dl.acm.org
This paper presents an automatic method of creating surface models at several levels of detail from an original polygonal description of a given object. Representing models at …
W Welch, A Witkin - ACM SIGGRAPH computer graphics, 1992 - dl.acm.org
We present a new approach to interactive modeling of freeform surfaces. Instead of a fixed mesh of control points, the model presented to the user is that of an infinitely malleable …
H Li, SQ Liu - Computer-aided design, 1992 - Elsevier
The paper discusses the local interpolation of parametric polynomial surfaces with curvature continuity over a network of arbitrary scattered points. The necessary conditions for the …
Degree: MS DegreeYear: 1992 Institute: Michigan State University SURFMAP is a system developed to digitize three dimensional surfaces and provide a mathematical representation …