ABSTRACT

Written for researchers and developers of three-dimensional modeling programs, this book examines the variety of existing systems while investigating the practical limitations of available software. From the table of contents: - Polyhedra - Boundary Models - A Small Language Modeler - The Algebraic Model - Computation of Algebraic Manifolds - Topol

chapter 1|14 pages

Motivation

chapter 2|20 pages

Polyhedra

chapter 3|20 pages

Boundary Models

chapter 4|30 pages

A Small Language Modeler

chapter 5|32 pages

The Algebraic Model

chapter 6|34 pages

Computation of Algebraic Manifolds

chapter 8|20 pages

The Modeling Principle