Title :
A solid translation engine using ray representation
Author :
Alexander, Thomas ; Ellis, John L. ; Kedem, Gershon
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Duke Univ., Durham, NC, USA
Abstract :
We describe an extension to the geometric domain of solid modeling to include solids defined by spatial sweeping and Minkowski sums. We develop an efficient, parallel algorithm for the translation of such solid models. An architecture and design of an array processor that implements this algorithm are presented. We discuss some applications of the new computer to solid modeling an CAD/CAM and modeling of large biomolecules (proteins) for rational drug design
Keywords :
CAD/CAM; biology computing; parallel algorithms; ray tracing; solid modelling; systolic arrays; CAD/CAM; Minkowski sums; array processor; biomolecules; geometric domain; parallel algorithm; proteins; rational drug design; ray representation; solid modeling; solid translation engine; spatial sweeping; Algorithm design and analysis; Application software; CADCAM; Computer aided manufacturing; Design automation; Engines; Molecular biophysics; Parallel algorithms; Proteins; Solid modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Application Specific Array Processors, 1995. Proceedings. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Strasbourg
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7109-2
DOI :
10.1109/ASAP.1995.522919
