Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Computer graphics processing – Three-dimension
Patent
1997-07-31
1999-11-30
Zimmerman, Mark K.
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Computer graphics processing
Three-dimension
345433, 345441, G06T 1500
Patent
active
059951079
ABSTRACT:
A caching system for a 3D modeling system. Intermediate channel results, created during the generation of a representation of an object, are cached. The caching increases the speed of system. In particular, the representation of the object is generated in multiple channels, each channel representing some portion of that representation. Intermediate channel results are generated in each channel by elements in that object's list of modifiers. Depending on for how long these intermediate channel results are valid, the intermediate channel results may or may not be cached. For example, if it is determined that one set of intermediate channel results will be valid for a predetermined period of time, while the next intermediate channel results in that channel will not be valid for a predetermined period of time, then the intermediate channel results are cached.
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Berteig Rolf Walter
Brittain Donald Lee
Hudson Thomas Dene
Silva Daniel David
Yost Gary S.
Autodesk, Inc.
Good-Johnson Motilewa
Zimmerman Mark K.
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