Blending Operations Using Rolling-Ball Filleting
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Blending sharp edges in solid models is an important task of Computeraided design. The prominent algorithms for producing blending fillet surfaces relay mostly on the rolling-ball method. These algorithms are applied on B-Rep solid models that are used in many CAD/CAM systems. Such solid models allow for a hierarchical approach of modeling which can incorporate blending operations within its structure. Blending on arbitrary meshes, however, falls into a different domain and is a challenging problem. This report describes an implementation of an edge blending algorithm applied to regular polygonal surfaces.
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