Papers for an International Summer Institute on the State of the Art Computer Graphics, held at the University of Stirling, Scotland, Summer 1986. Sponsored by the British Computer Soc. Computer Graphics and Display Group and theComputer Graphics Soc.
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.
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.
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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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.
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Reviews 8 key areas which are focal points for current de-n velopments. Theseare Design, Modeling, Image Generatiion,n Workstations, VLSI, HCI, Graphics Standards, and Electronicn Documentation.
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