Re: Basic Solid Modelling in Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg17211] Re: Basic Solid Modelling in Mathematica
- From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 01:20:48 -0400
- Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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Hi, AFAIK there is no Mathematica package. Since the reconstruction of surfaces is a actual research problem you may check http://web.mit.edu/manoli/crust/www/crust.html and http://research.microsoft.com/~hoppe/ at least Hugues Hoppe has some where also several C-programs for the reconstruction. Hope that helps Jens Kudah Mushambi wrote: > > Is it possible to perform basic solid modelling in Mathematica? > > I have points representing a 2D cross sections of > volumes. To create representations of the volumes, > I would like to extrude these shapes some distance or revolve them > around some axis and have meshes representing the volume surfaces. > > I also would like the coordinates of the points used > in the meshes and connectivity information between polygons > so I can export these 'solid' bodies into other applications. > > Is there a Mathematica package that can do this? > > Regards, > > kuda