A Hierarchy of Geometric Forms
- 1 May 1985
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
- Vol. 5 (5) , 51-78
- https://doi.org/10.1109/mcg.1985.276393
Abstract
This survey of the philosophy underlying the unified parametric polynomial formalism for geometric modling suggests some novel applications and assesses the problems and advantages of the approach.Keywords
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