论文信息 - Polygon shadow generation

Polygon shadow generation

A general purpose method for generating shadows using a polygonal coordinate data base is presented. The method is based on an object space polygon clipping hidden surface removal algorithm. Output from the program is in the same three-dimensional polygon format as the input. Thus, a shadowed data environment may be easily created and viewed from any observer position with no additional depth sorting time required for the hidden surface removal process. Shadows can also be cast by more than one light source. Since the shadows are generated in object space, the results can be used for both visual display and numerical analysis.

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