Advances in Geometric Modeling

Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Advances in Geometric Modeling

Editor(s): Muhammad Sarfraz

Published Online: 28 JAN 2005

Print ISBN: 9780470859377

Online ISBN: 9780470860441

DOI: 10.1002/0470860448

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* Based on the new idea of gathering state of the art topics in Geometric Modeling together with techniques, applications, systems and tools
* The first book of its kind in that it incorporates several topics providing a class of practical solutions to problems in mathematical, engineering, and physical sciences
* Provides a valuable resource, focusing on interdisciplinary methods and affiliate research in the area

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xiv)

    2. Chapter 1

      Polygonal Subdivision Curves for Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling (pages 1–17)

      Ahmad H. Nasri

    3. Chapter 2

      Planar Development of Digital Free-Form Surfaces (pages 19–38)

      Phillip N. Azariadis and Nickolas S. Sapidis

    4. Chapter 3

      A Shape Preserving Representation for Rational Curves with Efficient Evaluation Algorithm (pages 39–54)

      Jorge Delgado and Juan Manuel Peña

    5. Chapter 4

      Piecewise Power Basis Conversion of Dynamic B-Spline Curves and Surfaces (pages 55–68)

      Deok-Soo Kim and Joonghyun Ryu

    6. Chapter 5

      Computational Methods for Geometric Processing of Surfaces: Blending, Offsetting, Intersection, Implicitization (pages 69–80)

      Andres Iglesias

    7. Chapter 6

      Weighted Nu Splines: An Alternative to NURBS (pages 81–95)

      Dr. Muhammad Sarfraz

    8. Chapter 7

      Generation of Parting Surfaces Using Subdivision Technique (pages 97–106)

      C. L. Li

    9. Chapter 8

      Triadic Subdivision of Non Uniform Powell-Sabin Splines (pages 107–119)

      Evelyne Vanraes, Paul Dierckx and Adhemar Bultheel

    10. Chapter 9

      Surface Interpolation Scheme by Distance Blending over Convex Sets (pages 121–131)

      Lizhuang Ma, Qiang Wang and Chan K Y Tony

    11. Chapter 10

      Family of G2 Spiral Transition between Two Circles (pages 133–151)

      Zulfiqar Habib and Manabu Sakai

    12. Chapter 11

      Optimal Hierarchical Adaptive Mesh Construction Using FCO Sampling (pages 153–165)

      Panagiotis A. Dafas, Ioannis Kompatsiaris and Michael G. Strintzis

    13. Chapter 12

      Virtual Sculpting and Deformable Volume Modeling (pages 167–174)

      K. C. Hui and H. C. Leung

    14. Chapter 13

      Free Form Modeling Method Based on Silhouette and Boundary Lines (pages 175–183)

      Jun Kamiya and Hideki Aoyama

    15. Chapter 14

      Intuitive and Precise Solid Modeling in a Virtual Reality Environment (pages 185–202)

      Yongmin Zhong, Wolfgang Müller-Wittig and Weiyin Ma

    16. Chapter 15

      Efficient Simplification of Triangular Meshes (pages 203–215)

      Muhammad Hussain, Yoshihiro Okada and Koichi Niijima

    17. Chapter 16

      Multiresolution and Diffusion Methods Applied to Surface Reconstruction Based on T-Surfaces Framework (pages 217–228)

      Gilson A. Giraldi, Rodrigo L. S. Silva, Walter H. Jiménez, Edilberto Strauss and Antonio A. F. Oliveira

    18. Chapter 17

      A Multiresolution Framework for NUBS (pages 229–240)

      Dr. Muhammad Sarfraz and Mohammed Ali Siddiqui

    19. Chapter 18

      Irregular Topology Spline Surfaces and Texture Mapping (pages 241–249)

      Jin J. Zheng and Jian J. Zhang

    20. Chapter 19

      Segmentation of Scanned Surfaces: Improved Extraction of Planes (pages 251–262)

      R. Sacchi, J.F. Poliakoff, P.D. Thomas and K.-H. Häfele

    21. Chapter 20

      Constraint-Based Visualization of Spatiotemporal Databases (pages 263–276)

      Peter Revesz and Lixin Li

    22. Chapter 21

      Surface Oriented Triangulation of Unorganized 3D Points Based on Laszlo's Algorithm (pages 277–297)

      Thomas Schädlich, Guido Brunnett and Marek Vanco

    23. Chapter 22

      Modifying the Shape of Cubic B-Spline and NURBS Curves by Means of Knots (pages 299–313)

      Imre Juhász and Miklós Hoffmann

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      Index of Authors (page 1)

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      Index (pages 317–320)

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