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Freeform surfaces from single curved panels

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Freeform surfaces from single curved panels
Motivated by applications in architecture and manufacturing, we discuss the problem of covering a freeform surface by single curved panels. This leads to the new concept of semi-discrete surface representation, which constitutes a link between smooth and discrete surfaces. The basic entity we are working with is the developable strip model. It is the semi-discrete equivalent of a quad mesh with planar faces, or a conjugate parametrization of a smooth surface. We present a B-spline based optimization framework for efficient computing with D-strip models. In particular we study conical and circular models, which semi-discretize the network of principal curvature lines, and which enjoy elegant geometric properties. Together with geodesic models and cylindrical models they offer a rich source of solutions for surface panelization problems. CR Categories: I.3.5 [Computer Graphics]: Computational Geometry and Object Modeling--Geometric algorithms, languages, and systems; I.3.5 [Computer Gra...
Helmut Pottmann, Alexander Schiftner, Pengbo Bo, H
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Type Journal
Year 2008
Where TOG
Authors Helmut Pottmann, Alexander Schiftner, Pengbo Bo, Heinz Schmiedhofer, Wenping Wang, Niccolo Baldassini, Johannes Wallner
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