Christopher M Bateman

US Patent:

20080024499, Jan 31, 2008

Filed:

Jul 27, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/460249

Inventors:

Christopher Bateman - Elbert CO, US

International Classification:

G06T 11/20

US Classification:

345441

Abstract:

Parametric surfaces such as Attribute Based Modeling surfaces require methods of manipulating the interior of the surface. This invention provides several methods of manipulating these surfaces in a computationally efficient way. Particular attention is paid to surface continuity and discontinuity from Gto G. Designers want to trim and join surfaces in an intuitive way; this invention provides such a method.

US Patent:

20070005312, Jan 4, 2007

Filed:

Jul 15, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/457797

Inventors:

Christopher Bateman - Elbert CO, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/10

US Classification:

703002000

Abstract:

Attribute Based-Modeling surfaces requires uniform methods of calculating distances and weights in parameter space in order to create smooth and fair surfaces. This invention provides several methods of calculating distances and weights that have different characteristics yielding well behaved surfaces. The methods are computationally efficient and produce surfaces that are fair and smooth and have certain minimal energy characteristics that are desirable to various industries.