In this paper, we present an analysis technique that leverages the complexity found in detailed 3D models for illustrative shading purposes. Given a smooth base surface with relief, it locates relief features (concavities, convexities and inflections) around each surface point and at multiple scales, using cubic-polynomial fitting. This object-space, per-vertex information is then used to guide...

Decorative reliefs are widely used for e.g. packaging and porcelain design. In periodic reliefs, the relief repeats a pattern, for example all the way around an underlying surface of revolution. Reverseengineering of existing reliefs allows them to be re-applied to different base surfaces; we show here how to segment a single repeat unit of a periodic relief starting from a scanned triangle mes...

Relief wells are used extensively to relieve excess hydrostatic pressure in pervious foundation strata overlain by impervious top strata, conditions which often exist landward of levees and downstream of dams and hydraulic structures. Placing well outlets in below-surface trenches or collector pipes helps dry up seepage areas downstream of levees and dams. Relief wells are often used in combina...

Physical and mechanical regularities in the effect of certain processing operations on the shape and roughness of the hydraulic cylinder surface are found. The mechanisms of the spatial self-organization of the relief and surface of bearings under conditions of false brinelling are summarized and analyzed. The data obtained can be used for further scientific generalization or prediction and dia...

Bas-reliefs are widely used in the world around us, for example, on coinage, for branding products, and for sculptural decoration. Reverse engineering of reliefs—extracting existing reliefs from input surfaces—makes it possible to apply them to new items; relief editing tools allow modification of reverseengineered reliefs. This paper presents a novel approach to relief extraction based on diff...