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Surface Representations and Geometric Modeling (SS 04) - Course Notes

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  1. Introduction
    Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page]
  2. Some Basics
    Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page]
  3. Differential Geometry
    Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page]
  4. Differential Geometry (Part 2)
    Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page] [PDF: 4 Slides/Page]
  5. Differential Geometry (Demo)
    Maple Worksheet: [MWS]
  6. Transfinite Modeling
    Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page] [PDF: 4 Slides/Page]
    Maple Worksheet Coons Patch: [MWS]
  7. Bezier Curves
    Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page] [PDF: 4 Slides/Page]
    Java Applets: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
    OpenGL Examples: [Bezier Curves] [Bezier Surfaces] [GLUT Library]
  8. B-Spline Curves
    Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page] [PDF: 4 Slides/Page]
    Java Applets: [1] [2] [3] [4]
  9. Tensor Product Surfaces
    Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page] [PDF: 4 Slides/Page]
  10. Rational Curves
    Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page] [PDF: 4 Slides/Page]
  11. Triangular Surfaces
    Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page] [PDF: 4 Slides/Page]
    Maple Worksheet Bernstein Polynomials over Triangles: [MWS]
  12. Mesh Data Structures
    Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page] [PDF: 4 Slides/Page]
  13. Multiresolution Meshes Overview
    Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page] [PDF: 4 Slides/Page]
  14. Progressive Meshes I
    Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page] [PDF: 4 Slides/Page]
  15. Progressive Meshes II
    Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page] [PDF: 4 Slides/Page]
  16. Point-Based Processing
    Slides: [PDF]
  17. Subdivision Surfaces
    Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page] [PDF: 4 Slides/Page]
    Subdivision Demo: [ZIP]
  18. Fairing and Signal Processing
    Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page] [PDF: 4 Slides/Page]
    Maple Worksheet Fairing: [MWS]
    Mesh Demo (includes subdivision and fairing): [ZIP]
  19. Mesh Feature Extraction
    Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page] [PDF: 4 Slides/Page]
  20. Wavelet-based Representations
    Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page] [PDF: 4 Slides/Page]
  21. Wavelet-based Surface and Volume Representations
    Slides: [PDF: 6 Slides/Page] [PDF: 4 Slides/Page]

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References Slides | References | Links

  1. Manfredo P. Do Carmo, Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0132125897.
  2. Markus Gross. Graphische Datenverarbeitung. Skript zur Vorlesung, ETH Zürich.
  3. Subdivision for Modeling and Animation, SIGGRAPH 2000 course.
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