Title :
More powerful solid modeling through ray representations
Author :
Menon, Jai ; Marisa, Richard J. ; Zagajac, Jovan
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
fDate :
5/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Ray-representations simplify geometrical calculations and effectively decouple application design from the particulars of modeling systems. They extend the geometric coverage of solid modelers, while increasing the range of supported applications. The authors list some of the problems with solid modelling and explain how the use of ray representations for solids provides effective solutions to the domain, application support, and some system problems.<>
Keywords :
computational geometry; ray tracing; solid modelling; application design; application support; geometrical calculations; ray representations; solid modeling; system problems; Application software; Classification tree analysis; Computer aided manufacturing; Concurrent computing; Engines; Grid computing; Interference; Power system modeling; Solid modeling; Technical drawing;
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
