Local and global analysis of parametric solid sweeps

DOI10.1016/J.CAGD.2014.05.009MaRDI QIDQ2396282zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 8 June 2017

Published in Computer Aided Geometric Design (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.7351

zbMATH Keywords

boundary representationparametric curves and surfacessolid modellingsolid sweep

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computer-aided design (modeling of curves and surfaces) (65D17)

Abstract: In this work, we propose a detailed computational framework for modelling the envelope of the swept volume, that is the boundary of the volume obtained by sweeping an input solid along a trajectory of rigid motions. Our framework is adapted to the well-established industry-standard brep format to enable its implementation in modern CAD systems. This is achieved via a "local analysis", which covers parametrization and singularities, as well as a "global theory" which tackles face-boundaries, self-intersections and trim curves. Central to the local analysis is the "funnel" which serves as a natural parameter space for the basic surfaces constituting the sweep. The trimming problem is reduced to the problem of surface-surface intersections of these basic surfaces. Based on the complexity of these intersections, we introduce a novel classification of sweeps as either decomposable or non-decomposable. Further, we construct an {em invariant} function $heta$ on the funnel which efficiently separates decomposable and non-decomposable sweeps. Through a geometric theorem we also show intimate connections between $heta$, local curvatures and the inverse trajectory used in earlier works as an approach towards trimming. In contrast to the inverse trajectory approach, $heta$ is robust and is the key to a complete structural understanding, and an efficient computation of both, the singular locus and the trim curves, which are central to a stable implementation. Several illustrative outputs of a pilot implementation are included.

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