Geometric Modeling with Splines

Geometric Modeling with Splines

Author: Elaine Cohen

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2001-07-18

Total Pages: 639

ISBN-13: 1439864209

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Written by researchers who have helped found and shape the field, this book is a definitive introduction to geometric modeling. The authors present all of the necessary techniques for curve and surface representations in computer-aided modeling with a focus on how the techniques are used in design.


An Introduction to Splines for Use in Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling

An Introduction to Splines for Use in Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling

Author: Richard H. Bartels

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann

Published: 1995-09

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13: 9781558604001

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As the field of computer graphics develops, techniques for modeling complex curves and surfaces are increasingly important. A major technique is the use of parametric splines in which a curve is defined by piecing together a succession of curve segments, and surfaces are defined by stitching together a mosaic of surface patches. An Introduction to Splines for Use in Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling discusses the use of splines from the point of view of the computer scientist. Assuming only a background in beginning calculus, the authors present the material using many examples and illustrations with the goal of building the reader's intuition. Based on courses given at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Waterloo, as well as numerous ACM Siggraph tutorials, the book includes the most recent advances in computer-aided geometric modeling and design to make spline modeling techniques generally accessible to the computer graphics and geometric modeling communities.


Curves and Surfaces in Geometric Modeling

Curves and Surfaces in Geometric Modeling

Author: Jean H. Gallier

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 9781558605992

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"Curves and Surfaces in Geometric Modeling: Theory and Algorithms offers a theoretically unifying understanding of polynomial curves and surfaces as well as an effective approach to implementation that you can apply to your own work as a graduate student, scientist, or practitioner." "The focus here is on blossoming - the process of converting a polynomial to its polar form - as a natural, purely geometric explanation of the behavior of curves and surfaces. This insight is important for more than just its theoretical elegance - the author demonstrates the value of blossoming as a practical algorithmic tool for generating and manipulating curves and surfaces that meet many different criteria. You'll learn to use this and other related techniques drawn from affine geometry for computing and adjusting control points, deriving the continuity conditions for splines, creating subdivision surfaces, and more." "It will be an essential acquisition for readers in many different areas, including computer graphics and animation, robotics, virtual reality, geometric modeling and design, medical imaging, computer vision, and motion planning."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved


Approximation and Modeling with B-Splines

Approximation and Modeling with B-Splines

Author: Klaus Hollig

Publisher: SIAM

Published: 2015-07-01

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1611972949

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B-splines are fundamental to approximation and data fitting, geometric modeling, automated manufacturing, computer graphics, and numerical simulation. With an emphasis on key results and methods that are most widely used in practice, this textbook provides a unified introduction to the basic components of B-spline theory: approximation methods (mathematics), modeling techniques (engineering), and geometric algorithms (computer science). A supplemental Web site will provide a collection of problems, some with solutions, slides for use in lectures, and programs with demos.


Advanced Methods for Geometric Modeling and Numerical Simulation

Advanced Methods for Geometric Modeling and Numerical Simulation

Author: Carlotta Giannelli

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-09-18

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 3030273318

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This book gathers selected contributions presented at the INdAM Workshop “DREAMS”, held in Rome, Italy on January 22−26, 2018. Addressing cutting-edge research topics and advances in computer aided geometric design and isogeometric analysis, it covers distinguishing curve/surface constructions and spline models, with a special focus on emerging adaptive spline constructions, fundamental spline theory and related algorithms, as well as various aspects of isogeometric methods, e.g. efficient quadrature rules and spectral analysis for isogeometric B-spline discretizations. Applications in finite element and boundary element methods are also discussed. Given its scope, the book will be of interest to both researchers and graduate students working in these areas.


Handbook of Computer Aided Geometric Design

Handbook of Computer Aided Geometric Design

Author: G. Farin

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2002-08-13

Total Pages: 849

ISBN-13: 0444511040

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This book provides a comprehensive coverage of the fields Geometric Modeling, Computer-Aided Design, and Scientific Visualization, or Computer-Aided Geometric Design. Leading international experts have contributed, thus creating a one-of-a-kind collection of authoritative articles. There are chapters outlining basic theory in tutorial style, as well as application-oriented articles. Aspects which are covered include: Historical outline Curve and surface methods Scientific Visualization Implicit methods Reverse engineering. This book is meant to be a reference text for researchers in the field as well as an introduction to graduate students wishing to get some exposure to this subject.


Mathematical Aspects of Geometric Modeling

Mathematical Aspects of Geometric Modeling

Author: Charles A. Micchelli

Publisher: SIAM

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 0898713315

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Examines concepts that are useful for the modeling of curves and surfaces and emphasizes the mathematical theory that underlies them.


Modeling of Curves and Surfaces with MATLAB®

Modeling of Curves and Surfaces with MATLAB®

Author: Vladimir Rovenski

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-06-10

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 0387712771

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This text on geometry is devoted to various central geometrical topics including: graphs of functions, transformations, (non-)Euclidean geometries, curves and surfaces as well as their applications in a variety of disciplines. This book presents elementary methods for analytical modeling and demonstrates the potential for symbolic computational tools to support the development of analytical solutions. The author systematically examines several powerful tools of MATLAB® including 2D and 3D animation of geometric images with shadows and colors and transformations using matrices. With over 150 stimulating exercises and problems, this text integrates traditional differential and non-Euclidean geometries with more current computer systems in a practical and user-friendly format. This text is an excellent classroom resource or self-study reference for undergraduate students in a variety of disciplines.


Geometric Modeling and Mesh Generation from Scanned Images

Geometric Modeling and Mesh Generation from Scanned Images

Author: Yongjie Jessica Zhang

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2016-04-06

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1482227770

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Cutting-Edge Techniques to Better Analyze and Predict Complex Physical Phenomena Geometric Modeling and Mesh Generation from Scanned Images shows how to integrate image processing, geometric modeling, and mesh generation with the finite element method (FEM) to solve problems in computational biology, medicine, materials science, and engineering. Based on the author’s recent research and course at Carnegie Mellon University, the text explains the fundamentals of medical imaging, image processing, computational geometry, mesh generation, visualization, and finite element analysis. It also explores novel and advanced applications in computational biology, medicine, materials science, and other engineering areas. One of the first to cover this emerging interdisciplinary field, the book addresses biomedical/material imaging, image processing, geometric modeling and visualization, FEM, and biomedical and engineering applications. It introduces image-mesh-simulation pipelines, reviews numerical methods used in various modules of the pipelines, and discusses several scanning techniques, including ones to probe polycrystalline materials. The book next presents the fundamentals of geometric modeling and computer graphics, geometric objects and transformations, and curves and surfaces as well as two isocontouring methods: marching cubes and dual contouring. It then describes various triangular/tetrahedral and quadrilateral/hexahedral mesh generation techniques. The book also discusses volumetric T-spline modeling for isogeometric analysis (IGA) and introduces some new developments of FEM in recent years with applications.