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  2. Freeform surface modelling - Wikipedia

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    Freeform surface modelling is a technique for engineering freeform surfaces with a CAD or CAID system.. The technology has encompassed two main fields. Either creating aesthetic surfaces (class A surfaces) that also perform a function; for example, car bodies and consumer product outer forms, or technical surfaces for components such as gas turbine blades and other fluid dynamic engineering ...

  3. Z-fighting - Wikipedia

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    As the distance between near and far clip planes increases, and in particular the near plane is selected near the eye, the greater the likelihood exists that z-fighting between primitives will occur. With large virtual environments inevitably there is an inherent conflict between the need to resolve visibility in the distance and in the ...

  4. Parallel curve - Wikipedia

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    For curves embedded in 3D surfaces the offset may be taken along a geodesic. [25] Another way to generalize it is (even in 2D) to consider a variable distance, e.g. parametrized by another curve. [22] One can for example stroke (envelope) with an ellipse instead of circle [22] as it is possible for example in METAFONT. [26]

  5. SolidWorks - Wikipedia

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    SolidWorks (stylized as SOLIDWORKS) is a brand within Dassault Systèmes that develops and markets software for solid modeling computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided engineering (CAE), 3D CAD design, collaboration, analysis, and product data management. [2] The company introduced one of the first 3D CAD applications designed to run on a ...

  6. Parallax mapping - Wikipedia

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    Parallax mapping is essentially a method by which rough or uneven surfaces on a 2D texture can be "pulled out" to take on the appearance of a 3D surface. Technically, this is implemented by displacing the texture coordinates at a point on the rendered polygon by a function of the view angle in tangent space (the angle relative to the surface ...

  7. Isometric projection - Wikipedia

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    The black dimensions are the true lengths as found in an orthographic projection. The red dimensions are used when drawing with the isometric drawing method. The same 3D shapes drawn in isometric projection would appear smaller; an isometric projection will show the object's sides foreshortened, by approximately 80%.

  8. Computer representation of surfaces - Wikipedia

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    This is why maps of the Earth are distorted. The larger the area the map represents, the greater the distortion. Sheet metal surfaces which lack a flat pattern must be manufactured by stamping using 3D dies (sometimes requiring multiple dies with different draw depths and/or draw directions), which tend to be more expensive.

  9. Reference dimension - Wikipedia

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    As an example, a distance of 1500 millimeters might be denoted by (1500 mm) instead of 1500 mm REF. This implementation has followed in modern CAD software that makes use of parentheses as the default denotation method whenever reference dimensions are "automatically" created by the software. The method for identifying a reference dimension (or ...