Techniques for Computer Graphics

ISBN-13: 9781461387152 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 512 str.

David F. Rogers; Rae Earnshaw

Opis

Reviews 8 key areas which are focal points for current de- velopments. Theseare Design, Modeling, Image Generatiion, Workstations, VLSI, HCI, Graphics Standards, and Electronic Documentation.

Spis treści

1 Design.- Computer Graphics in Design.- Design in Computer Graphics: A Plea for Visual Literacy.- 2 Modeling.- Computational Geometry and Software Engineering: Towards a Geometric Computing Environment.- The Model for Graphics.- The Beta Spline.- A Model Driven Approach to CAD and Graphic Communication Networks.- Understanding the Preparation and Analysis of Solid Models.- 3.- The Use of Spatial Coherence in Ray Tracing.- Color Reproduction and Illumination Models.- 4 Workstations.- Advanced Engineering/Scientific Graphic Workstations.- 5 Hardware.- VLSI for Graphics.- Specialised Hardware for Computer Graphics.- Polygon Processing for VLSI Pattern Generation.- 6 Human-Computer Interface.- Human Factors of Input and Output Devices.- HCI and Research and Development in User Interface Design.- 7 Graphics Standards.- R & D—Issues and Trends Consequent Upon GKS and Related Standards.- 8 Documentation.- On-line Documentation.- Document Structures for Integrated Text and Graphics.- Author Biographies.