Smoothing of shapes designed with free-form surfaces

A subdivision algorithm for computer display of curved surfaces.

Edwin Catmull · 1974 · 722 citations

Computing, Computer Science, Visualization +13

Scan line methods for displaying parametrically defined surfaces

Jeffrey M. Lane, Loren Carpenter, Turner Whitted et al. · Communications of the ACM · 1980 · 194 citations

Computing, Computer Science, Visualization +15

Design of solids with free-form surfaces

Hiroaki Chiyokura, Fumihiko Kimura · 1983 · 172 citations

Architecture, Design, Computational Geometry +14

Design of solids with free-form surfaces

Hiroaki Chiyokura, Fumihiko Kimura · ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics · 1983 · 157 citations

Architecture, Design, Computational Geometry +14

On coons and other methods for the representation of curved surfaces

A. R. Forrest · Computer Graphics and Image Processing · 1972 · 137 citations

Architecture, Computer Science, Mathematics +14