Analytical C<sup>2</sup> smooth blending surfaces

Authors: Zhang, J.J. and You, L.

Journal: Future Generation Computer Systems

Volume: 20

Issue: 8

Pages: 1317-1326

ISSN: 0167-739X

DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2004.05.023

Abstract:

Two factors are important in the generation of blending surfaces for interactive graphical and CAD applications, computational speed and the degree of smoothness. Most surface-blending methods blend surfaces with tangent continuity. However, curvature continuity has recently become increasingly important in various applications. In this paper, we present a method that is able to achieve curvature continuity based on the use of partial differential equations (PDE). The blending surfaces are generated as the solution to a sixth-order PDE with one vector-valued parameter. To achieve interactive performance, we propose an effective analytical method for the resolution of this sixth-order PDE. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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