“A system for interactive definition and depiction of sculptured surfaces” by Knowlton

  • ©Kenneth C. Knowlton

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    A system for interactive definition and depiction of sculptured surfaces

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    An interactive 3-D design system has been constructed in which
    surfaces of objects are defined in terms of many thousands of tiny
    “blobs” of surface area. These blobs, defined as to size, color, and
    xyz position, are sorted in depth and fed into a frame buffer backto-front to yield a realistic hidden-surface-removed picture of the
    object(s). A 3-D wand, knobs, and buttons serve to point into the
    space and perform a variety of operations for defining and
    manipulating objects. Emphasis is on ease of user specification of
    positions, parts of objects, and operations.


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