Reflection curves -- new computation and rendering techniques

DOI10.1155/S0161171204211012MaRDI QIDQ1774730zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Dan-Eugen Ulmet

Publication date 18 May 2005

Published in International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://eudml.org/doc/51576

zbMATH Keywords

CAD/CAM systemscontour curvesfree-form surface interrogationgraphics librariesMatlabOpenInventor toolkitreflection curves on surfacesrenderingSilicon Graphics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical or axiomatic geometry and physics (51P05) Numerical aspects of computer graphics, image analysis, and computational geometry (65D18) Computer graphics; computational geometry (digital and algorithmic aspects) (68U05) Geometric optics (78A05)

Review text

Summary: Reflection curves on surfaces are important tools for free-form surface interrogation. They are essential for industrial 3D CAD/CAM systems and for rendering purposes. In this note, new approaches regarding the computation and rendering of reflection curves on surfaces are introduced. These approaches are designed to take the advantage of the graphics libraries of recent releases of commercial systems such as the OpenInventor toolkit (developed by Silicon Graphics) or Matlab (developed by The Math Works). A new relation between reflection curves and contour curves is derived; this theoretical result is used for a straightforward Matlab implementation of reflection curves. A new type of reflection curves is also generated using the OpenInventor texture and environment mapping implementations. This allows the computation, rendering, and animation of reflection curves at interactive rates, which makes it particularly useful for industrial applications.

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Uses Software

• Matlab
• OpenGL

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