ABSTRACT
Parametric surfaces are the basis of the geometric models used in several domains of engineering. For some specific applications, such surfaces can be replaced by linear approximations assuming that every point from the resulting mesh will be within a given tolerance. The main motivation for this work is the application to the simplified representation of the ship’s hull form. In some engineering applications such as the fast prototyping of the hull structures, it is a relevant factor to speed-up the process the replacement of the surface by a mesh of planar elements.
