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Subdivision surface

In the field of 3D computer graphics, a subdivision surface (commonly shortened to SubD surface or Subsurf) is a curved surface represented by the specification of a coarser polygon mesh and produced by a recursive algorithmic method. The curved surface, the underlying inner mesh, can be calculated from the coarse mesh, known as the control cage or outer…

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Subdivision surface

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples38
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

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Subdivision surface

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related to External links · 16
Subdivision surface → Animation, Catmull-Clark, CGAL, Computational Geometry Algorithms Library, Computer Aided Geometric Design, Geri's Game, March, Modeling, Oscar, Pixar, SIGGRAPH, Subdivision, Subdivision Methods, Surface, Ulrich Reif, Volumetric Meshes
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Subdivision surface → Catmull-Clark, Daniel Doo, Doo-Sabin, Edwin Catmull, Jim Clark, Jos Stam, Malcom Sabin, Subdivision, Ulrich Reif
related to overview · 4
Subdivision surface → Each, In, The, This
see also · 4
Subdivision surface → B-spline, Geri's Game, NURBS, Pixar
related to Refinement schemes · 3
Subdivision surface → Approximating, Interpolating, Subdivision
is a · 2
Subdivision surface → spline with a parametrically singular point, surface produced from this process being iteratively applied infinitely many times

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subdivision mesh surface scheme surfaces vertices meshes schemes limit refinement faces c1 extraordinary method control process approximating doo-sabin arbitrary used

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Subdivision surfaceis asurface produced from this process being iteratively applied infinitely many times0.90text
Subdivision surfaceis aspline with a parametrically singular point0.90text
Subdivision surfacerelated to External linksGeri's Game0.60section
Subdivision surfacerelated to External linksOscar0.60section
Subdivision surfacerelated to External linksPixar0.60section
Subdivision surfacerelated to External linksCatmull-Clark0.60section
Subdivision surfacerelated to External linksSubdivision0.60section
Subdivision surfacerelated to External linksModeling0.60section
Subdivision surfacerelated to External linksAnimation0.60section
Subdivision surfacerelated to External linksSIGGRAPH0.60section
Subdivision surfacerelated to External linksUlrich Reif0.60section
Subdivision surfacerelated to External linksComputer Aided Geometric Design0.60section

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