A MORPHING-BASED SURFACE BLENDING OPERATOR FOR FOOTWEAR CAD

摘要

A new operator to interpolate a smooth surface between two given disjoint surfaces is presented in this paper. The method uses a modified form of shape morphing to generate interpolation points in the region of the gap. An energy minimization formulation is used to enhance transition smoothness. The work is motivated by a practical problem in footwear CAD, although the operator will find use in other applications. Some preliminary results from our implementation are presented.