| Abstract: | Variational modeling approach is often used to interactively design free-form curves and surfaces. Traditionally, a variational problem can be transformed to the optimization of control points. Unfortunately, as the number of basis functions grows, the local support property of B-spline often makes the computation of an optimization system time-consuming. To solve this problem, wavelet basis instead of B-spline basis is used to represent the curves or surfaces. Because the wavelet basis is a hierarchical basis with multiresolution property, the coarse wavelet basis can be used to describe the overall shape of the curves/surfaces, while the finer wavelet basis used to describe the details of the curves/surfaces. Thus, the computing speed of the optimization system can be raised greatly. |
