Title :
An object-oriented approach to the solid modeling of empirical data
Author :
Sabella, Paolo ; Carlbom, Ingrid
Author_Institution :
Sun Microsyst., Mountain View, CA, USA
Abstract :
An object-oriented approach to the construction, manipulation, and display of complex geometric models of oil reservoirs is described. The authors have extended the traditional constructive solid geometry modeling techniques to accommodate the requirements for reservoir models. Both the user interface and the model building are implemented in Strobe, an object-oriented extension to Interlisp. The geometric model is specified through a CSG-graph editor built using an object-oriented toolkit for graphical interfaces. This editor proves to be an invaluable tool with which to build, maintain and manipulate large, complicated geometric models.<>
Keywords :
computational geometry; engineering graphics; geophysics computing; mining; object-oriented programming; oil technology; solid modelling; CSG-graph editor; Interlisp; Strobe; complex geometric models; complicated geometric models; empirical data; graphical interfaces; model building; object-oriented approach; object-oriented extension; object-oriented toolkit; oil reservoirs; reservoir models; traditional constructive solid geometry modeling techniques; user interface; CADCAM; Computer aided manufacturing; Earth; Hydrocarbon reservoirs; Image databases; Object oriented modeling; Petroleum; Solid modeling; Sun; Two dimensional displays;
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
