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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
May. 14, 1998
Atsushi Yamada, Yokohama, JP;
Keisuke Inoue, Sagamihara, JP;
Takayuki Ito, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomotake Furuhata, Yokohama, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A curved surface to be meshed and a tensor at each point on the curved surface are inputted. Then, bubbles are generated in parametric space corresponding to the curved surface and in accordance with tensors transformed according to the relationship between the curved surface and parametric space. Following this, the bubbles are moved in parametric space by inter-bubble force defined by a predetermined rule, and are transformed by using the transformed tensors. The number of the bubbles is also controlled, so that stable locations for the bubbles in parametric space can be determined. Next, a connection relationship between mesh nodes, which are centers of the bubbles located in parametric space, is determined in parametric space. Finally, a mesh is generated on the curved surface by employing the positions and the connection relationship of the mesh nodes.