Subdivision Surfaces

4/27/99


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Subdivision Surfaces

Overview

Traditional Modeling Techniques

Polygons - Pro

Polygons - Con

B-Splines - Pro

B-Splines - Con

NURBS - Pro

NURBS - Con

Implicit Surfaces - Pro

Implicit Surfaces - Con

Why Subdivision Surfaces?

Subdivision Terminology

Overview Of Subdivision Schemes

Corner Cutting

Interpolating

Approximating

Subdivision Example: Catmull-Clark

Catmull-Clark Demonstration

Interesting Properties

Big ‘Wins’

Big ‘Wins’ (cont.)

Papers

Papers (cont.)

Interactive Multiresolution Mesh Editing

Interactive Multiresolution Mesh Editing (cont.)

Non-Uniform Recursive Subdivision Surfaces

Exact Evaluation of Catmull-Clark Subdivision Surfaces

Subdivision Surfaces in Character Animation

Subdivision in Action…

A Bug’s Life

Geri’s Game

Conclusions

Author: Jeff Ballard

Email: ballard@cs.wisc.edu

Home Page: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~cs838-3/Students/ballard/

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