Structured Grid Generation over NURBS and Facetted Surface Patches by Reparametrization

This paper deals with structured grid generation using Floater’s parametrization algorithm for surface triangulation. It gives an outline of the algorithm in the context of structured grid generation. Then it explains how the algorithm can be used to generate a structured grid over a singular NURBS surface patch. This is an alternate method to the known carpeting method of reparametrization for structured grid generation over a NURBS surface patch. The paper also explains how to generate a structured grid over a four sided trimmed patch of a facetted surface using the parametrization algorithm. All the procedures are explained using examples.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: IMR
• Authors: Sankarappan Gopalsamy, Douglas H. Ross, Yasushi Ito, Alan M. Shih
• Keywords: Computational Geometry, IMR 2005, NURBS Surface Patch, Structured Grid, Structured Grid Generation