Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Computer graphics processing – Three-dimension
Patent
1995-07-13
1998-04-14
Herndon, Heather R.
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Computer graphics processing
Three-dimension
345420, 345429, G06F 314
Patent
active
057398224
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a data processing system, and method of operation of such a system, for creating a surface on a model of a 3D object, the model being stored as data in a storage device. The system comprises input means (10) for enabling a user to define lines representing features of the object, the lines being stored as model data in the storage device (40), and means (30, 50) to generate and display an image representing the model from the model data. Further the system is characterised by: identification means (60) for identifying data representing a plurality of the lines that form a first closed loop consisting of edges meeting at nodes, and for retrieving such data from the storage device (40); and processing means (20) for generating data defining a series of additional loops to represent a candidate surface bound by the first closed loop. Additionally the processing means (20) is adapted to receive data representing a line defined by the user via the input means which subdivides the first closed loop into a plurality of new closed loops, and then to edit the candidate surface by generating a further series of additional loops for each such new closed loop. This technique allows a designer to quickly create a model of an object and have a surface created for the model, and then provides the designer with a quick and intuitive technique for editing such surfaces.
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Dickens Sabrina
Herndon Heather R.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Woods Gerald R.
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