State of the Art in Computer Graphics: Visualization and Modeling - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0387975608 ISBN 13: 9780387975603

Publisher: Springer, 1991

Synopsis

Today one of the hardest parts of computer aided design or analysis is first modeling the design, then recording and verifying it. For example, a typical vehicle such as a tank, automobile, ship or aircraft might be composed of tens of thousands of individual parts. Many of these parts are composed of cylinders, flats, and simple conic curves and surfaces such as are amenable to modeling using a constructive solid geometry (CSG) approach. However, especially with the increasing use of composite materials, many parts are designed using sculp­ tured surfaces. A marriage of these two techniques in now critical to continued development of computer aided design and analysis. Further, the graphical user interfaces used in most modeling systems are at best barely adequate to the required task. Critical work on these interfaces is required to continue pushing back the frontiers. Similarly, once the design is modeled, how are the varied and diverse pieces stored, retrieved, and modified? How are physical interferences prevented or eliminated? Although considerable progress has been made, there are still more questions and frustrations than answers. One of the fundamental problems of the 1990s is and will continue to be modeling. The second problem is interpretation. With the ever increasing computational power available, our ability to generate data far exceeds our ability to interpret, understand, and utilize that data.

About this title

Synopsis

This is the third volume derived from the State of the Art Research Institute in Computer Graphics held at the University of Edinburgh each year. This edition differs markedly from the earlier books in that all of the material actually covers state-of-the-art research topics - there is no introductory material. Topics covered include: Graphics Algorithms for Parallel Machines, Radiosity, Interpolation for Polygon Texture Mapping and Shading, Modelling Tolls, Combinational Solid Geome try. All of the contributions are by internationally renowned researchers, and this volume will be welcomed by other researchers, as well as university professors, graduate students, and computer graphics practitioners (programmers and systems engineers).

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387975608
• ISBN 13: 9780387975603
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 373
• Editor: Rogers David F., Earnshaw Rae