Rendering Techniques for Computer-Aided Design

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Volume: 103, No. 1, pp. 7–12
Abstract: The world of computer-aided design (CAD) is rapidly being transformed. During the 1980s CAD gained prominence as a comprehensive production tool. During the 1990s, CAD will move off the page and into the third dimension. As this takes place, the visualization of these 3-D environments becomes a critical issue. This article provides a conceptual explanation of the various computer graphic rendering techniques that have been developed in the past decade and discusses the relevance of these techniques to the future evolution of 3-D CAD tools.
Publication Date: 1994-01-01
DOI: 10.5594/J09713
ISSN: Print: 0036-1682
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J09713
Author(s): Stuart FeldmanLightscape Graphics Software, Toronto, Ont., Canada M5A 2W3.
Copyright: © 1994 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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