Rapidly visualizing isophotes

  • Authors:
  • Dave Hutchinson;Terry Hewitt

  • Affiliations:
  • LightWork Design Ltd, 60 Clarkhouse Road, Sheffield S10 2LH, United Kingdom;Computer Graphics Unit, Manchester Computing, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Graphics Tools
  • Year:
  • 1996

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Abstract

For computer-aided design it is often necessary to identify regions of unwanted curvature in a surface. Isophotes can be used to detect first- and second-order discontinuities in a surface. This paper describes a method to visualize isophotes using existing hardware or software display and false colour capabilities. This method is faster and easier to implement than the traditional approach of explicitly computing isophotes.