The Q9 membrane finite element is unable to experience arbitrary change of uniaxial curvature without the occurence of artificial membrane stains. The error which accumulates due to this inability can be significant w...
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The Q9 membrane finite element is unable to experience arbitrary change of uniaxial curvature without the occurence of artificial membrane stains. The error which accumulates due to this inability can be significant when a large change of curvature is experienced by this element. This paper investigates the effect of element shape distortion on the accumulation of error in the Q9 membrane element, and presents two methods for evaluating shape distortion effects in problems with large changes of curvature: a series of ‘patch tests’, and single element tests.
Subsurface scattering is a fundamental aspect of surface appearance responsible for the characteristic look of many materials. Monte Carlo path tracing techniques can be employed with high accuracy to simulate the sca...
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This paper introduces a new kind of mosaic, called Jigsaw Image Mosaic (JIM), where image tiles of arbitrary shape are used to compose the final picture. The generation of a Jigsaw Image Mosaic is a solution to the fo...
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(纸本)9781581135213
This paper introduces a new kind of mosaic, called Jigsaw Image Mosaic (JIM), where image tiles of arbitrary shape are used to compose the final picture. The generation of a Jigsaw Image Mosaic is a solution to the following problem: given an arbitrarily-shaped container image and a set of arbitrarily-shaped image tiles, fill the container as compactly as possible with tiles of similar color to the container taken from the input set while optionally deforming them slightly to achieve a more visually-pleasing effect. We approach the problem by defining a mosaic as the tile configuration that minimizes a mosaicing energy function. We introduce a general energy-based framework for mosaicing problems that extends some of the existing algorithms such as Photomosaics and Simulated Decorative Mosaics. We also present a fast algorithm to solve the mosaicing problem at an acceptable computational cost. We demonstrate the use of our method by applying it to a wide range of container images and tiles.
The irradiance at a point on a surface due to a polyhedral source of uniform brightness is given by a well-known analytic formula. In this paper we derive the corresponding analytic expression for the irradiance Jacob...
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Many manufacturing firms in today's economy are reluctant to engage their design personnel in costly, difficult to operate 3D CAD packages. While the attributes of designing in 3D are numerous and beneficial, comm...
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ISBN:
(纸本)0941783235
Many manufacturing firms in today's economy are reluctant to engage their design personnel in costly, difficult to operate 3D CAD packages. While the attributes of designing in 3D are numerous and beneficial, committing to a high-end design software package often seems unjustifiable, especially when only a few new designs are required. An extremely attractive alternative to this dilemma is the integration of a powerful and innovative 3D modeling software called Rhinoceros®, or Rhino® for short. While costing substantially less than most 3D modeling programs, Rhino supplies an impressive array of advanced capabilities not found on many of the most powerful design software's on the market. Though not considered a parametric or feature-based modeler, Rhino often supplements these costly packages to accomplish complex surfacing challenges. This paper introduces this incredible program as it applies to the motor manufacturing industry and highlights the ease-of-use and incredible power of this modeling and presentation software. Additionally, an overview of different types of 3D modeling software is given in contextual reference to where this product may fit into a firm's design initiatives.
In this paper we develop a computational model of visual masking based on psychophysical data. The model predicts how the presence of one visual pattern aects the detectability of another. The model allows us to choos...
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In this paper we identify sources of error in global illumination algorithms and derive bounds for each distinct category. Errors arise from three sources: inaccuracies in the boundary data, discretization, and comput...
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An interactive computergraphics method has been developed for the rapid generation of arbitrary shaped three-dimensional surfaces. The method is a synthesis of spline theory and algorithms, an interactive means for m...
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This paper introduces feature-based textures, a new image representation that combines features and samples for high-quality texture mapping. Features identify boundaries within an image where samples change discontin...
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In this paper we develop an adaptive RBF fitting procedure for a high quality approximation of a set of points scattered over a piecewise smooth surface. We use compactly supported RBFs whose centers are randomly chos...
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ISBN:
(纸本)0769520758
In this paper we develop an adaptive RBF fitting procedure for a high quality approximation of a set of points scattered over a piecewise smooth surface. We use compactly supported RBFs whose centers are randomly chosen from the points. The randomness is controlled by the point density and surface geometry. For each RBF its support size is chosen adaptively according to surface geometry at a vicinity of the RBF center All these lead to a noise-robust high quality approximation of the set. We also adapt our basic technique for shape reconstruction from registered range scans by taking into account measurement confidences. Finally, an interesting link between our RBF fitting procedure and partition of unity approximations is established and discussed.
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