A Real-Time Malleable Molecular Surface
T.E. Klein, C.C. Huang, E.F. Pettersen, G.C. Couch, T.E. Ferrin, and R. Langridge
Computer Graphics Laboratory
University of California
San Francisco, CA 94143-0446
ABSTRACT
We describe a method for generating a molecular surface
using a parametric patch representation. Unlike previous
methods, this algorithm generates a parametric patch
surface which is smooth and G1 continuous and manipulable
in real-time. Crucial to our approach is the creation
of a net of approximately equilateral triangles from which
we generate the control points used as the basis for describing
the surface. We present in detail the method used for
generating the triangular net and accompanying control points,
along with examples of the resulting surfaces.
A reprint of this paper is
available on request.
tef@cgl.ucsf.edu / August 1989