Generalized Subdivision of Bezier Surfaces

Author: Hu S.M.   Wang G.Z.   Jin T.G.  

Publisher: Academic Press

ISSN: 1077-3169

Source: Graphical Models and Image Processing, Vol.58, Iss.3, 1996-05, pp. : 218-222

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Abstract

In this paper, subdivision methods for rectangular Bezier surfaces are generalized to subdivide a rectangular Bezier surface patch of degree n x m into two rectangular Bezier surface patches of degree n x ( m + n ), while the parameter domain of the Bezier surface is decomposed into two trapezoids. As an application, a conversion from rectangular Bezier surfaces to triangular Bezier surfaces is presented.