Fractals and Solid Modeling

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1992
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Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association
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Trying to combine fractal geometry and solid modeling seems to be a contradiction in itself, In this paper a new type of 3D objects is presented that accomplishes this combination in a specific way. Objects with a fractal macro structure and a 3D solid micro structure can be specified and rendered efficiently by using context free, attribute, geometric grammars. This new object type can be incorporated into the CSG-modeling technique (Constructive Solid Geometry) in two ways: a) using CSG for the specification of the micro structure of the new object type, b) using these fractal like objects as a new type of primitive in the CSG model. Ray tracing is used for generating high quality images of these geometrically complex objects.
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@article{
10.1111:1467-8659.1130415
, journal = {Computer Graphics Forum}, title = {{
Fractals and Solid Modeling
}}, author = {
Groller, Eduard
}, year = {
1992
}, publisher = {
Blackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Association
}, ISSN = {
1467-8659
}, DOI = {
10.1111/1467-8659.1130415
} }
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