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Constructive solid geometry

Constructive solid geometry (CSG; formerly called computational binary solid geometry) is a technique used in solid modeling. Constructive solid geometry allows a modeler to create a complex surface or object by using Boolean operators to combine simpler objects, potentially generating visually complex objects by combining a few primitive ones.

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Notable applications with CSG support

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Conversion from meshes to CSG

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Constructive solid geometry

Nodes81
Edges80
Triples19
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024691
Components1

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Constructive solid geometry

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has application · 13
Constructive solid geometry → Boolean, CAD, Constructive, CSG, Engine Advanced, Hammer, It, Nearly, Source, The Quake, Torque Game Engine/Torque Game, Unreal Engine, When CSG
related to Ray tracing · 2
Constructive solid geometry → Ray, Rendering

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csg objects boolean solid geometry meshes used primitives simple primitive constructive modeling applications object mesh procedural ray cad geometric use

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ray tracinginstance ofThis is a desirable quality for some applications0.80text
dimensioninstance ofIt combines continuous parameters0.80text
size of the primitive shapesinstance ofIt combines continuous parameters0.80text
and discrete parameters such as the Boolean operators used to build the final CSG tree.Deductive methods solve this problem by building a set of half-spaces that describe the interior of the geometryinstance ofIt combines continuous parameters0.80text
Constructive solid geometryhas applicationConstructive0.60section
Constructive solid geometryhas applicationIt0.60section
Constructive solid geometryhas applicationNearly0.60section
Constructive solid geometryhas applicationCAD0.60section
Constructive solid geometryhas applicationCSG0.60section
Constructive solid geometryhas applicationThe Quake0.60section
Constructive solid geometryhas applicationUnreal Engine0.60section
Constructive solid geometryhas applicationHammer0.60section

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