A tool for the creation and management of level-of-detail models for 3D applications

WSEAS Transactions on Computers

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1020-1029

  Ripolles, Oscar ^a   Ramos, Francisco ^a   Chover, Miguel ^a   Gumbau, Jesus ^a   Quiros, Ricardo ^a  

^a Institute of New Imaging Technologies   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computer graphics; Level of detail; Multiresolution; Simplification; Tree rendering; Triangle strips

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

LEVEL OF DETAIL; MULTIRESOLUTION; SIMPLIFICATION; TREE RENDERING; TRIANGLE STRIPS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 53449087705     PISSN: 11092750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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