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Implicit Surfaces Revisited — I-Patches

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Geometric Modelling

Part of the book series: Computing ((COMPUTING,volume 14))

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Techniques to combine implicit surfaces have been widely used in the context of blending surfaces, but not for making n-sided patches. This is mainly due to the lack of proper control for the interior of complex shapes and control of separate branches. The main attraction of implicit formulations is, however, that they represent a general paradigm based on distance functions. This property motivates our scheme, wherein classical implicit techniques are mixed with new features. Several examples are given to prove the feasibility of I-patches for shape design.

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  1. Computer and Automation Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

    T. Várady, P. Benkö & G. Kós

  2. Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, Cambridge, MA, USA

    A. Rockwood

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  1. Fakultät für Informatik, TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany

    Guido Brunnett

  2. Institut für Informatik und angewandte Mathematik, Universität Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Hanspeter Bieri

  3. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

    Gerald Farin

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Várady, T., Benkö, P., Kós, G., Rockwood, A. (2001). Implicit Surfaces Revisited — I-Patches. In: Brunnett, G., Bieri, H., Farin, G. (eds) Geometric Modelling. Computing, vol 14. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6270-5_19

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