An approach for embedding regular analytic shapes with subdivision surfaces

  • Authors:
  • Abdulwahed Abbas;Ahmad Nasri;Weiyin Ma

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, The University of Balamand;Department of Computer Science, American University of Beirut;Dept. of Manufacturing Engr. & Engr. Management, City University of Hong Kong

  • Venue:
  • CGI'06 Proceedings of the 24th international conference on Advances in Computer Graphics
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

This paper presents an approach for embedding regular analytic shapes within subdivision surfaces. The approach is illustrated through the construction of compound Spherical-Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces. It starts with a subdivision mechanism that can generate a perfect sphere. This mechanism stems from the geometric definition of the sphere shape. Thus, it comes with a trivial proof that the target of the construction is what it is. Furthermore, the similarity of this mechanism to the Catmull-Clark subdivision scheme is exploited to embed spherical surfaces within Catmull-Clark Surfaces, which holds a great potential for many practical applications.