A comparison of algorithms for vertex normal computation

Visual Computer

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 71-82

  Jin, Shuangshuang ^a   Lewis, Robert R ^a   West, David ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling; Rendering meshes; Vertex normals

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DATA STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; VECTORS;

RENDERING MESHES; TRIGNOMETRY; VERTEX NORMAL ALGORITHMS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 21044456960     PISSN: 01782789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00371-004-0271-1     Document Type: Article

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