The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2007
Michael B. Carter, Ames, IA (US);
Andreas Johannsen, Ames, IA (US);
Michael C. Mccarty, Ames, IA (US);
Jeremy S. Bennett, Ames, IA (US);
BO Xu, Ames, IA (US);
Michael B. Carter, Ames, IA (US);
Andreas Johannsen, Ames, IA (US);
Michael C. McCarty, Ames, IA (US);
Jeremy S. Bennett, Ames, IA (US);
Bo Xu, Ames, IA (US);
Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program for storing a polygonal topology, comprising representing a primitive with a plurality of vertices, internal half-edges and external half-edges; and storing said plurality of vertices in a vertex array and said plurality of external half-edges in a half-edge array, wherein said arrays are indexed and parallel to one another; whereby said primitive is re-created from said parallel array with said internal half-edges that are implicit from a primitive structure and appropriate means and computer-readable instructions.