| authors |
Blinn, James F. |
| year |
1989 |
| title |
Optimal Tubes |
| source |
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications. September, 1989. vol. 9: pp. 8-13 : ill. (some col.) |
| summary |
The author discusses how to cut down the number of polygons required to model and render the Voyager spacecraft. The geometric problem is to find the tangent lines from a point to a circle. There are two ways to go about solving this, one using garden-variety analytical geometry and the other using high tech homogeneous coordinates. The author in this column discusses the simple way |
| keywords |
programming, geometry, algorithms, computer graphics, techniques |
| series |
CADline |
| references |
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