Errata: Maintenance of Geometric Representations Through Space Decompositions

The ability to transform between distinct geometric representations is the key to success of multiple-representation modeling systems. But the existing theory of geometric modeling does not directly address or support construction, conversion, and comparison of geometric representations. A study of classical problems of CSG ↔ b-rep conversions, CSG optimization, and other representation conversions suggests a natural relationship between a representation scheme and an appropriate decomposition of space. We show that a hierarchy of space decompositions corresponding to different representation schemes can be used to enhance the theory and to develop a systematic approach to maintenance of geometric representations.