Modelling of free-form conformal metasurfaces

Decoupling optical function and geometrical form using conformal flexible dielectric metasurfaces

Physical geometry and optical properties of objects are correlated: cylinders focus light to a line, spheres to a point and arbitrarily shaped objects introduce optical aberrations. Multi-functional components with decoupled geometrical form and optical function are needed when specific optical functionalities must be provided while the shapes are dictated by other considerations like ergonomic...

The Free-form Surface Modelling System

The process of modelling is much easier, if mathematical description of an abject, or at least of part of an object may be applied. In the first case, however, a mathematical description of the object may be unavailable. One way of solution, is to use as a model the coordinates of the infinitely many points of the object, but this is not feasible for a computer with finite storage. More often, ...

Free Form Modelling by Curve Features Manipulation

Freeform features (FFF) manipulation is an emerging research area in geometric modelling field, which aims to develop innovative shape modification paradigms, more focused on global shape than on local curve modification. A major hindrance to FFF is given by locality properties of spline curves features representation, which forces designers to apply a direct control points manipulation, where ...

User-guided free-form asset modelling

In this paper a new system for piecewise primitive surface recovery on point clouds is presented, which allows a novice user to sketch areas of interest in order to guide the fitting process. The algorithm is demonstrated against a benchmark technique for autonomous surface fitting, and, contrasted against existing literature in user guided surface recovery, with empirical evidence. It is concl...

A Hybrid Shape Representation for Free-Form Modelling