Visualization of equations in an interactive environment

Author

Watson, D. ; Wejchert, J. ; Williams, D.W. ; Collins, B.M.

Author_Institution

IBM European Visualization Centre, Winchester, UK

fYear

1991

fDate

22-25 Oct 1991

Firstpage

76

Abstract

A method of visualizing equations in their explicit form using 3D fields is described. Equations are written algebraically, interpreted by an equation parser, and then expressed as scalar fields. Fields are represented as isosurfaces, making use of an algorithm similar to the method of marching cubes. The implementation allows the real-time interaction of equation parameters, isosurface rotations, and coloring. A variety of applications from mathematics and physics are given, together with examples of construction of data probes using equations

Keywords

computer graphics; equations; interactive systems; mathematics computing; physics computing; real-time systems; 3D fields; coloring; data probes; equation parser; equation visualization; explicit form; interactive environment; isosurface rotations; isosurfaces; marching cubes; mathematics; physics; real-time interaction; scalar fields; Data visualization; Displays; Equations; Graphics; Isosurfaces; Mathematics; Physics; Probes; Solid modeling; Winches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Visualization, 1991. Visualization '91, Proceedings., IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2245-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VISUAL.1991.175781

Filename

175781