Adaptive Geometry Shader Tessellation for Massive Geometry Display

Abstract

A large number of the Survivability/Lethality Analysis Directorate s (SLAD s) software tools need to display geometric data. This project explored options for improving the speed and clarity with which SLAD s tools can display geometry. The goal was to reduce the amount of human effort and elapsed time necessary to prepare complex models for use in analysis and visualization tasks. We investigated several avenues for high-speed visualization and worked to update BRL-CAD s graphics display system to support more modern display layers. While additional work remains, we identified high-performance techniques and achieved the first stages of display system improvements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA616646

Entities

People

  • Clifford Yapp
  • Lee A. Butler

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Programming Interface
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Display Systems
  • Geometry
  • Graphics
  • Infrastructure
  • Lethality
  • Military Research
  • Ray Tracing
  • Simulations
  • Survivability
  • Three Dimensional
  • Visualizations

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.