Precise construction of micro-structures and porous geometry via functional composition

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Abstract

We introduce a modeling constructor for micro-structures and porous geometry via curve-trivariate, surface-trivariate and trivariate-trivariate function (symbolic) compositions. By using 1-, 2- and 3-manifold based tiles and paving them multiple times inside the domain of a 3-manifold deforming trivariate function, smooth, precise and watertight, yet general, porous/micro-structure geometry might be constructed, via composition. The tiles are demonstrated to be either polygonal meshes, (a set of) Bézier or B-spline curves, (a set of) Bézier or B-spline (trimmed) surfaces, (a set of) Bézier or B-spline (trimmed) trivariates or any combination thereof, whereas the 3-manifold deforming function is either a Bézier or a B-spline trivariate. We briefly lay down the theoretical foundations, only to demonstrate the power of this modeling constructor in practice, and also present a few 3D printed tangible examples. We then discuss these results and conclude with some future directions and limitations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMathematical Methods for Curves and Surfaces - 9th International Conference, MMCS 2016, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsMarie-Laurence Mazure, Larry L. Schumaker, Michael Floater, Tom Lyche, Knut Morken
Pages108-125
Number of pages18
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Event9th International Conference on Mathematical Methods for Curves and Surfaces, MMCS 2016 - Tonsberg, Norway
Duration: 23 Jun 201628 Jun 2016

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10521 LNCS

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Mathematical Methods for Curves and Surfaces, MMCS 2016
Country/TerritoryNorway
CityTonsberg
Period23/06/1628/06/16

Keywords

  • Freeform deformation
  • Freeform tiling
  • Symbolic computation
  • Trivariate splines

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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