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NURBS Weights De Boor's Algorithm
I am having trouble implementing an algorithm for 3rd degree NURBS.
I have been able to program 2nd degree ones from the equations described here but I am not able to derive an equation for Rational B-...
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Constraining a Polyline to Look Smooth
What are the mathematical constraints required for a polyline, i.e., a piecewise linear curve, to appear as a smooth curve to human vision? I've discovered one document that specifies only that the ...
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How to calculate ray
In ray-tracing technique critical point is to calculate rays which came out from eye $E$ to target $T$ through pixel $P_{ij}$ on viewport. The "viewport" is represented as rectangle divided to square ...
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How can you avoid thin triangles in a parametric shape in a smart way?
I have created a closed 3D mesh using a parametric function. The shape is constructed by taking an arbitrary closed b-spline and scaling it based on one of the parameters (similar idea to a parametric ...
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Translate an arcball camera upwards or left-right
This problem is giving me a really hard time.
I'm always looking at the origin and have a camera that moves around it in an arcball mode.
That part works beautifully:
I'm calculating the camera ...
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How to match Blenders polynomial lens distortion model with GLSL?
I'm trying to re-implement Blenders (libmv) polynomial lens distortion model using shadertoy, in order to apply the lens distortion in another application ideally by generating a STMap for that. I ...
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What is the equivalent of rotation matrix in Euler angle space for Quaternions?
I have to load a mesh in Blender (which uses Z and Y as up and forward axes), modify it and export it (with setting up and ...
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How to rotate a shape in another 3D software so that the rotation matches with the rotation in Blender?
I import a mesh in Blender, export it with setting axis_forward='-Z', axis_up='Y', import in NVIDIA's FleX, rotate it and store it on disk; I call this mesh ...
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Wrong tangential directions for cubic bezier curve
I am well aware that there are several ways to find the tangents to a Bezier curve. However, I choose to just substitute the result of differentiating the Bezier curve equation.
So, given four ...
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How to convert Euler angles to Quaternions and get the same Euler angles back from Quaternions?
I am rotating n 3D shape using Euler angles in the order of XYZ meaning that the object is first rotated along the X axis, then Y...
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How to randomly draw Quaternions within a specific range of Euler angles for rotation?
I am pretty new to Quaternions so please bear with me. I want to draw random Quaternion samples so that their Euler angle equivalent would range within [-30, +30] ...
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How are the three plane equations derived in the NVIDIA's CG Tutorial chapter 8?
I'm reading the chapter 8 of the Cg tutorial and I could not understand 8.4.1 :
Because all these coordinates lie in the plane of the same triangle, it is possible to derive plane equations for x, ...
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Ray tracing implicit surfaces using Sturm's theorem
I am trying to render implicit surfaces given by a polynomial equation $F(x,y,z) = 0$ using Sturm's theorem.
Plugging the parametric ray equation $r(t) = o + td$, where $o\in\mathbb{R}^3$ is the ray ...
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How to simulate elastic material with restoring shape
I'd like to simulate a rubber-like material. This material if deformed would experience a restoring force to its original shape, a bit like a school rubber ereaser.
I tried with a spring-mass system ...
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How different can the number of pixels in a straight line be to its real length?
I'm working on a game with a programmable robot. It uses a laser range finder to get the distance to walls.
I'm using DDA to generate a line from the robot, going in the direction it is pointing, ...
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BRDF ray directions
The BRDF takes two directions, $\omega_{o}$ and $\omega_{i}$. I've heard that both directions should point away from the surface (one towards the camera, one towards the light), but iq's Oren-Nayar ...
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Linear independence of three points
What is the best way to prove if three points are linear dependent?
This is my current way to do it:
$$\mathbf{v_a} = \mathbf{b}-\mathbf{a} \\
\mathbf{v_b} = \mathbf{c}-\mathbf{a} \\
\mathbf{v_c} = \...
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How to compute volume of intersection of non-axis-aligned cuboids in 3D?
Given two cuboids in 3D space (8 vertex coordinates each) that are arbitrarily oriented, how can we find the volume of overlap between them in the fastest manner?
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Geometric interpretation of this bilinear interpolation equation?
Bilinear interpolation can be achieved by interpolating two values across the x axis, and then interpolating between the results across the y axis, like in the image below (from https://blog.demofox....
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GLSL shapes signed distance field implementation explanation?
I'm trying to understand all primitives In this article.After hard work I just learn Sphere and Cube , I wrote description here.
I could draw 2D shapes but I have trouble understanding 3D below codes:...
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Can someone explain this formula for parse RGB to HSL?
Im trying to complain the algorithm to calculate the HSL value form a RGB color. I understand the algorithm for the Hue, but im lost with the Lightness and saturation. Someone can explain why?
There ...
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Delta angle of two vectors about positive x axis
How do I calculate angle C?
I can only know what angle between vector and x positive vector {1, 0}
Angle between green and red is 60 degrees.
Angle between blue ...
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How can I draw regular polygons along the horizontal axis?
I drew simple triangle wave (that you can see It on graph toy).
f1(x) = frac(x/(PI+5))*(PI+5)
f2(x) = frac(-x/(PI+5))*(PI+5)
f3(x) = min(f1(x),f2(x))*1.5
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What is a Gaussian Lobe concerning BRDF and NDF?
I was reading a paper about voxel cone tracing and came across this term. So, what is a Gaussian Lobe or a Lobe in general?
I am asking in the context of Computer Graphics, BRDF and NDF.
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Changing sin frequency smoothly in shader
In my vertex shader I am using a sin function to offset vertices. But as I change the frequency of my sin function I notice some ...
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Modulo vs Scaling vs Capping when performing filters
I'm currently taking a graphics course and we've recently covered cross-correlation with regards to using a filter matrix that is applied to a region of pixels in a sort of continual raster-type scan ...
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Why are BRDF and the lighting uncorrelated?
In relation to this question, in the accepted answer I have a trivial question probably.
W.r.t. the following integral
$$
L_o(x\rightarrow \Theta) = \int_{\Omega_x} f_r(x,\Psi\rightarrow\Theta)L_i(x\...
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Why is the approximation valid, in the formula provided by Brian Karis?
I'm sorry I'm bringing this topic up again, but I need to expound some of the topics.
With reference to this question, I was wondering if someone can help me out in expanding some of the details.
In ...
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Microfacet shading for diffuse materials
I recently replaced the Lambertian BRDF in my path-tracer with Oren-Nayar, under the assumption that I could adjust it to use the GGX distribution model with appropriate masking/shadowing.
PBR ...
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Hashing a point on cubic sphere
Let's say I have a point on a potential cubic sphere inflated using this:
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How to obtain a parametric equation out of a part designed in Autodesk Inventor?
Whenever you make a part in inventor, the software calculates de properties of the whole body given a constant density. Then, automatically, it shows the inertial tensor. As you can recall from math, ...
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Paper for the approximation formula provided by Brian Karis
In these slides, specifically page 11, the following formula is reported:
$$
\frac{1}{N} \sum_{k=1}^N \frac{L_i(l_k)f(l_k,v)\cos(\theta_{l_k})}{p(l_k,v)} \approx \left( \frac{1}{N} \sum_{k=1}^N L_i(...
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AABB bounding boxes
Here's a constructor to construct a axis-aligned bounding box given two opposite vertices on the bounding box, from Pharr's Physically Based Rendering, Third Edition.
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Probability density function while using spherical coordinates
I'm following this tutorial where at somepoint the derived PDF for spherical coordinates for a Lambertian surface is
\begin{array}{l}
p(\theta, \phi) = \dfrac{\sin \theta}{2 \pi}.
\end{array}
But as ...
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Where does the cosine factor comes from in the GGX PDF?
The GGX NDF, as it appears on the paper where it is presented is:
$$D(m)=\frac{\alpha_g^2\space\chi^+(m\cdot n)}{\pi\cos^4(\theta_m)(\alpha_g^2+\tan^2(\theta_m))^2}$$
It is equivalent, in the range $...
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Is there any free software to visualize a texture mapped to a sphere? [closed]
I am trying to study the texture deformations caused when mapping a rectangle to a sphere, if I had a software that took an image as an input and displayed how it looks like when texture mapped to a ...
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Matlab scatter hotmap [closed]
I have two columns of data, x(angle) and y(distance), they are my experiment results(figure 1). How can I use these results to make a ‘hotmap diagram’ by matlab? The z axis is the density value of xy ...
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Logarithmic spiral with equal vertex spacing, what equations?
I need to draw a logarithmic spiral (or close approximation) whose vertices are equally spaced, such that the lines between any two consecutive vertices are of equal length.
(Actually, that spiral is ...
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Hooke's Law vector form
I'm studying spring model. There is a suggested equation (Hooke's Law vector form) But, I couldn't understand how to derive that equation.
I'm reading 'Computer Animation Algorithms and Techniques ...
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Barycentric coordinates for 5-sided polytope of two triangles and three trapezoids
I have a triangle that is extended in space and each edge is refracted differently, creating a 5 sided polytope. The initial and final triangles are the view radii segments of a frustum. We need to ...
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How to derive the formula@NathanReed answer [duplicate]
Thanks! A very simple but great way to estimate mean curvatures@NathanReed answer.
For my case, I also need an estimate of triangular mesh curvature, and I support this is what i was looking for.
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Does premultiplied alpha give order independent transparency?
I've heard that pre-multiplied alpha gives you order independent transparency but when I sit down and do the math, it doesn't seem to be working.
Is that untrue, or am I doing something incorrectly?
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What does it *mean* to scale in an arbitrary direction?
My graphics text explains rotating along the cardinal axes, then generalizes the math to show how to make a rotation matrix for rotating around an arbitrary vector. That all makes sense and I can both ...
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Round Box SDF scaling issue
I am using the Inigo Quilez SDF function to generate a round box shape. The aim is to be able to control the shape scale, smoothness and roundness.
I've achieved a pretty good result but I am facing ...
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Algorithm for clipping convex quadrilaterals
I'm dealing with hardware that uses quads as its polygonal primitive. Not triangles. A triangle can be expressed by setting 2 of the 4 vertices equal to each other for a degenerate quad.
For the 3D ...
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How to find vertices on borders of geometry
I trying to highlight vertices which are on "borders", imagine half of sphere for example. Also for example I added image geomtry with triangles and highlighted necessary vertices. Any ideas? Thanks
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Return x; y; coordinates of vertex C of triangle
I would like to return the XY coordinates of vertex C using math formula.
I have 5 input data what I always know and can be used for solution (green in the image): I know X; Y; coordinates of point A ...
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Monte Carlo Integration
Let $I$ = the value of integration and $p$ = probability distribution.
The estimator is denoted as $\left\langle I \right >$ and is
$$\left\langle I \right >=\frac{1}{N}\sum_{i=1}^{N}\frac{f(...
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2D sampling with multidimensional transformations
I'm currently learning mathemetical concepts of distribution and the way to use them in a ray tracer with the book "Physically Based Rendering".
Let's start by uniformly sampling an hemisphere:
As ...
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The variance for the Monte Carlo estimator
I was wondering about the variance for Monte Carlo.
The book (Advanced Global Illumination 2ed, p.60) writes the equation as follows:
$\sigma^2 = \frac{1}{N} \int(\frac{f(x)}{p(x)} - I)^2p(x)dx$
$\...
