Recursive approach to parametric surfaces containing non-rectangular patches

Andreas Savva, Gordon J. Clapworthy

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Abstract

A method is presented which is capable of capturing surfaces of arbitrary topology. Derived from standard bicubic Bezier patches, it `fills in' n-sided regions with four-sided patches. It is based on a recursive patch-midpoint subdivision algorithm on a rectangular framework of control points, which is then generalized to arbitrary control-point nets. At each step, a new set of points with more vertices and smaller faces than the original set of points is constructed, resulting in a smooth surface. This structure provides the foundation for a general method to construct a smooth surface where the structure contains non-rectangular patches.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization
EditorsE. Banissi, F. Khosrowshahi, M Sarfraz
PublisherIEEE
Pages300-306
Number of pages7
Publication statusPublished - 1998
EventProceedings of the 1998 International Conference on Information Visualization, IV - London, UK
Duration: 29 Jul 199831 Jul 1998

Other

OtherProceedings of the 1998 International Conference on Information Visualization, IV
CityLondon, UK
Period29/07/9831/07/98

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