6.1.
INTRODUCTION
Canoni c parameterization
of a
triangle
As
suggested
in figure
(6.3),
the
"canonic" parameterization
XT(U,V)
of a
triangle
T
=
T(x(ao),x(o!i),x(Q!2))
is
defined
by
4
The
associated
matrix
M^
1
defined
by
equation
(6.5)
can
easily
be
deduced
from
the
coordinates
(w^,
Vi)
of the
vertices
of the
triangle
T, as
defined
by
It is
relevant
to
note
that
the
derivatives
of
XT
relative
to u and v are
constant
on
DT and
such
that
According
to
equation
(6.20),
this means
that
{(XT)
U
,
(
X
T)V}
is
an
orthonor-
mal
frame,
and the
associated metric tensor
GT is
thus such
that
Prom equation
(5.21),
it can be
concluded
that,
in the
case
of a
canonic
parameterization
of T, for any
scalar
function
(f>T
defined
on
DT,
the
gradient
can be
written
as
follows:
5
Induced local parameterization
on a
triangle
Let us
consider
a
discrete model
A^
2
(O,
AT,
u,Cu)
corresponding
to the
sam-
pling
of a
global
parameterization
u =
(w
1
,
u
2
)
at the
nodes
of a
triangulated
surface
T(S}.
In
this case,
an
"induced" local parameterization
(u,v)
on a
triangle
T =
T(x(a
0
),x(Q;i),x(a2))
of
T(«S)
consists
of
choosing
u and v in
such
a way
that
• u
=
u
1
linearly
interpolates
u
1
on T, and
• v
=
u
2
linearly
interpolates
u
2
on T.
According
to
equations
(6.6),
and
(6.17),
such linear interpolations
of
u
1
and
u
2
can
easily
be
deduced
from
the
barycentric
coordinates
(ub,
Vb):
4
In
this
definition,
"a x
b"
represents
the
cross product
of two
vectors,
a and b.
5
Note
that
equation
(6.22)
is, in
general,
not
true
for
other parameterizations, such
as,
for
example,
the
barycentric parameterization introduced
in the
previous section.
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