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Fast Algorithms for 3D-Graphics

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  1. Georg Glaeser

    1. Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst, Wien, Austria

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  3. Projections

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    Pages 25-56

  4. How to Describe Three-Dimensional Objects

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    Pages 57-94

  5. Graphics Output

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    Pages 95-124

  6. A Fast Hidden-Surface Algorithm

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    Pages 125-154

  7. Advanced Features

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    Pages 155-184

  8. Hidden-Line Removal

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    Pages 185-200

  9. Mathematical Curves and Surfaces

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    Pages 201-232

  10. Spline Curves and Spline Surfaces

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    Pages 233-254

  11. Computer-Generated Movies

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    Pages 255-266

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 267-306
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About this book

In this book, a variety of algoritbms are described that may be of interest to everyone who writes software for 3D-graphics. It is a book that haB been written for programmers at an intermediate level as well aB for experienced software engineers who simply want to have some particular functions at their disposal, without having to think too much about details like special cases or optimization for speed. The programming language we use is C, and that has many advantages, because it makes the code both portable and efficient. Nevertheless, it should be possible to adapt the ideas to other high-level programming languages. The reader should have a reasonable knowledge of C, because sophisticated pro­ grams with economical storage household and fast sections cannot be written without the use of pointers. You will find that in the long run it is just aB easy to work with pointer variables as with multiple arrays . .Aß the title of the book implies, we will not deal with algorithms that are very computation-intensive such as ray tracing or the radiosity method. Furthermore, objects will always be (closed or not closed) polyhedra, which consist of a certain number of polygons.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst, Wien, Austria

    Georg Glaeser

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fast Algorithms for 3D-Graphics

  • Authors: Georg Glaeser

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-25798-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-94288-7Published: 01 January 1995

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-25798-2Published: 10 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XI, 306

  • Number of Illustrations: 126 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Computer Graphics

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