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Rendering trimmed NURBS with adaptive forward differencing

M. Shantz,Sheue-Ling Chang

1988 · DOI: 10.1145/54852.378510
International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques · 90 Citations

TLDR

This method extends the AFD technique to higher order, efficiently computes the basis matrix for each span, calculates the shading approximation functions for rational surfaces, and trims and image maps NURB surfaces.