SHAPES® Micro Topology

The SHAPES® Micro Topology module facilitates modeling with composite surfaces. Each composite surfae is defined as a mesh of triangles or rectangles and can contain on the order of 100,000 elements. The micro-topology module is ideally suited for the following kinds of applications:

* Geo-Sciences: In this application area, the micro-topology module is used to represent geological models of earth structures for seismic and oil-exploration purposes.

* Medical Imaging: In medical imaging, layered data - such as that obtained from CAT scans - is processed to get a 3-dimensional meshed model of a human body.

* Animation: Animation applications are concerned with the creating of mesh models for graphics purposes. These meshes are used as a basis for geometric computations to perform intelligent animation.

* Advanced MCAD: In mechanical CAD, once a model is created, it is processed for deformations under stresses. Deformed models can be brought back into SHAPES using the micro-topology module even though the initial model consisted only of smooth parametrized surfaces.

John Finnell

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