Extraction and visualization of semitransparent isosurfaces for 3-D finite element analysis

Author

Matsuda, Hironori ; Cingoski, Vlatko ; Kaneda, Kazufumi ; Yamashita, Hideo ; Takehara, Jun ; Tatewaki, Ikuo

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Hiroshima Univ., Japan

Volume

35

Issue

3

fYear

1999

fDate

5/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1365

Lastpage

1368

Abstract

One of the most challenging ideas in the calculation of EM fields is to use an isosurface visualization for the post-processing of the large amount of output data obtained from various numerical methods, such as the finite element method (FEM). In this paper, the authors present a newly developed multipurpose visual system for the 3-D display of scalar variables using isosurfaces visualization. The proposed visualization method is based on the extraction of a set of triangular patches using an improved marching cube algorithm, construction of the isosurface and their interactive 3-D display

Keywords

data visualisation; electromagnetic field theory; finite element analysis; 3-D EM field computation; 3-D finite element analysis; FEM; finite element method; improved marching cube algorithm; interactive 3-D display; post-processing; scalar variables; semitransparent isosurface extraction; semitransparent isosurface visualization; triangular patches extraction; Data engineering; Data visualization; Electromagnetic compatibility; Finite element methods; Isosurfaces; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic fields; Power engineering and energy; Three dimensional displays; Visual system;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.767216

Filename

767216