An Introduction to Splines for Use in Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling

Richard H. Bartels,John C. Beatty,Brian A. Barsky

An Introduction to Splines for Use in Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Elsevier Science & Technology
Country
United States
Published
17 April 1996
Pages
476
ISBN
9781558604001

An Introduction to Splines for Use in Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling

Richard H. Bartels,John C. Beatty,Brian A. Barsky

As the field of computer graphics develops, techniques for modeling complex curves and surfaces are increasingly important. A major technique is the use of parametric splines in which a curve is defined by piecing together a succession of curve segments, and surfaces are defined by stitching together a mosaic of surface patches.

An Introduction to Splines for Use in Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling discusses the use of splines from the point of view of the computer scientist. Assuming only a background in beginning calculus, the authors present the material using many examples and illustrations with the goal of building the reader’s intuition. Based on courses given at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Waterloo, as well as numerous ACM Siggraph tutorials, the book includes the most recent advances in computer-aided geometric modeling and design to make spline modeling techniques generally accessible to the computer graphics and geometric modeling communities.

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