TY - JOUR
T1 - Dupin cyclide blends between non-natural quadrics of revolution and concrete shape modeling applications
AU - Garnier, Lionel
AU - Barki, Hichem
AU - Foufou, Sebti
N1 - Funding Information:
This publication was made possible by NPRP grant number 09-906-1-137 from the Qatar National Research Fund (a member of the Qatar Foundation). The statements made herein are solely the responsibility of the authors.
PY - 2014/8
Y1 - 2014/8
N2 - In this work, we focus on the blending of two quadrics of revolution by two patches of Dupin cyclides. We propose an algorithm for the blending of non-natural quadrics of revolution by decomposing the blending operation into two complementary sub-blendings, each of which is a Dupin cyclide-based blending between one of the two quadrics and a circular cylinder, thus enabling the direct computation of the two Dupin cyclide patches and offering better flexibility for shape composition. Our approach uses rational quadric Bézier curves to model the relevant arcs of the principal circles of Dupin cyclides. It is quite general and we have successfully used it for the blending of several non-natural surfaces of revolution, such as paraboloids, hyperboloids, tori, catenaries, and pseudospheres. Two complete examples of 3D shape modeling, representing a satellite antenna and a hippocampus are presented to show how quadrics and Dupin cyclide patches can be combined to model concrete objects.
AB - In this work, we focus on the blending of two quadrics of revolution by two patches of Dupin cyclides. We propose an algorithm for the blending of non-natural quadrics of revolution by decomposing the blending operation into two complementary sub-blendings, each of which is a Dupin cyclide-based blending between one of the two quadrics and a circular cylinder, thus enabling the direct computation of the two Dupin cyclide patches and offering better flexibility for shape composition. Our approach uses rational quadric Bézier curves to model the relevant arcs of the principal circles of Dupin cyclides. It is quite general and we have successfully used it for the blending of several non-natural surfaces of revolution, such as paraboloids, hyperboloids, tori, catenaries, and pseudospheres. Two complete examples of 3D shape modeling, representing a satellite antenna and a hippocampus are presented to show how quadrics and Dupin cyclide patches can be combined to model concrete objects.
KW - Algebraic surfaces
KW - Blending
KW - Dupin cyclides
KW - Quadrics of revolution
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cag.2014.04.002
DO - 10.1016/j.cag.2014.04.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84900438700
SN - 0097-8493
VL - 42
SP - 31
EP - 41
JO - Computers and Graphics (Pergamon)
JF - Computers and Graphics (Pergamon)
IS - 1
ER -