[comp.graphics] using CAD to do some feeble visualization.

kevinc@cs.athabascau.ca (Kevin Crocker) (09/11/90)

Since I don't have access to supercomputers etc I have had to use a
lowly PC (386/33Mhz) to do my visualization.  I've been trying to
develop a 3d visualization of some risk theory research I'm working on
and the only solution I've come up with so far is to use a CAD program
(CADKEY3) and then do a solid synthesis and thus go to a fully rendered
object (I need to represent intensity and motion within the 3d
surface).  So far things have worked out O.K. I've managed to get the
surface defined by specifying about 90 3d splines.  Intrepolating the
resulting surface is getting a bit much tho.


The problem is that I don't have access to anything
that can do the computations for this sucker so I must use crude 3d
drawing and then develop a first order primitive from that.

Any suggestions?

Kevin