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An efficient and controllable Blob function

Published: 01 September 2002 Publication History

Abstract

A tunable blob function is proposed which is computationally simple since it is a rational function of low degree. The blob function is dependent on a parameter d which can be used to control the blob function making it suitable for computer graphics applications such as implicit surface generation. The main properties of the blob function are described and graphed. When the parameter d is large, the blob function can be used to generate a three-dimensional spike by rotating it around the z-axis.

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cover image Journal of Graphics Tools
Journal of Graphics Tools  Volume 6, Issue 4
2002
54 pages

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A. K. Peters, Ltd.

United States

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Published: 01 September 2002

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  • (2009)Enclosing surfaces for point clusters using 3d discrete voronoi diagramsProceedings of the 11th Eurographics / IEEE - VGTC conference on Visualization10.1111/j.1467-8659.2009.01448.x(999-1014)Online publication date: 10-Jun-2009

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