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1 | Catmull, Edwin | A subdivision algorithm for computer display of curved surfaces (CSTD-74-006) | This report presents a method for producing computer shaded pictures of curved surfaces. Three-dimensional curved patches are used, as contrasted with conventional methods using polygons. The method subdivides a patch into successively smaller subpatches until a subpatch is as small as a raster-elem... | Computer animation | 1974-12 |