Would anybody like to clearly explain the differences between these representations and what they are each good and bad for?
Implicit: Good for testing if a point is inside of a surface
Explicit: Good for finding points on / sampling a surface
Discrete: Good for approximating a surface
Symmetric: Good for transforming a surface / moving it in space
Curvature: Simple and implicitly describes shape of surface
Linguistic: Good for intuition
@dvernet Sounds good to me!
Symmetric can be useful for surfaces or revolution and Lathes
Symmetric can also be useful for Non-Photo realistic Rendering such as cut-out diagrams.
Tomography representations are useful for working with real world data that needs to be reconstructed, such as in CT Scans
Would anybody like to clearly explain the differences between these representations and what they are each good and bad for?
Implicit: Good for testing if a point is inside of a surface
Explicit: Good for finding points on / sampling a surface
Discrete: Good for approximating a surface
Symmetric: Good for transforming a surface / moving it in space
Curvature: Simple and implicitly describes shape of surface
Linguistic: Good for intuition
@dvernet Sounds good to me!
Symmetric can be useful for surfaces or revolution and Lathes
Symmetric can also be useful for Non-Photo realistic Rendering such as cut-out diagrams.
Tomography representations are useful for working with real world data that needs to be reconstructed, such as in CT Scans