Contour curves and isophotes on rational ruled surfaces

DOI10.1016/J.CAGD.2018.06.006zbMATH Open1505.65100arXiv1609.07900OpenAlexW2963258371WikidataQ129552745 ScholiaQ129552745MaRDI QIDQ668975FDOQ668975

Authors: Jan Vršek 

Publication date: 20 March 2019

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

Abstract: The ruled surfaces, i.e., surfaces generated by one parametric set of lines, are widely used in the~field of applied geometry. An~isophote on a surface is a curve consisting of surface points whose normals form a constant angle with some fixed vector. Choosing an angle equal to $pi/2$ we obtain a special instance of a~isophote -- the so called contour curve. While contours on rational ruled surfaces are rational curves, this is no longer true for the isophotes. Hence we will provide a formula for their genus. Moreover we will show that the only surfaces with a~rational generic contour are just rational ruled surfaces and a one particular class of cubic surfaces. In addition we will deal with the reconstruction of ruled surfaces from their contours and silhouettes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.07900

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zbMATH Keywords

ruled surfacesurface reconstructionrational parametrizationcontour curveisophotePythagorean normal

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Computer science aspects of computer-aided design (68U07) Computer-aided design (modeling of curves and surfaces) (65D17)

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