TY - BOOK AU - Mortenson, Michael E. TI - Geometric Modeling SN - 9781259064937 U1 - 514.7 PY - 2006/// CY - New Delhi PB - McGraw Hill Education, KW - Geometry--Data processing KW - Mathematical models KW - Computer graphics KW - CAD/CAM systems N1 - Introduction. What is geometric modeling? -- ; Curves -- ; Hermite curves -- ; Bézier curves -- ; B-spline curves -- ; Surfaces -- ; Bicubic Hermite surfaces -- ; Bézier surfaces -- ; B-spline surfaces -- ; Solids -- ; Complex model construction -- ; Geometric properties N2 - Describes and compares the important mathematical methods for modeling curves, surfaces, and solids. This work prepares the reader for more advanced topics, such as 3D modeling, CAD/CAM, animation, and scientific visualization; and incorporates references to direct the reader to more specialized treatments of the subjects ER -